[Bug 497424] Re: Missing documentation about vmlinux / linux-image-debug.ddeb

[Steffen Neumann]

Here is a draft for an addition to the README.Debian

Yours,
Steffen

rcsdiff -u ./README.Debian 
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RCS file: ./RCS/README.Debian,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 ./README.Debian
--- ./README.Debian	2009/12/16 14:31:41	1.1
+++ ./README.Debian	2009/12/16 14:41:39
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@
 "Configuration" tab that can be used to indicate if a vmlinux file
 is available (off) or not (on).
 
+If you are running Ubuntu and wish to gather profiling information
+about your kernel, you will need to install the linux-image-debug
+package corresponding to your running kernel version. Those packages
+are large, and currently not available through the normal Ubuntu
+package repositories. Instead, please go to
+
+	 http://ddeb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/
+
+and download the linux-image-debug corresponding to your 
+running kernel. The *.ddeb has to be installed via dpkg or gdebi.
+
 If you wish to gather profiling information about your kernel, you
 will need to build the kernel differently:

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Missing documentation about vmlinux / linux-image-debug.ddeb
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