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+>XX. Application profiling</H1
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+NAME="AEN15538"><P
+>The profile_gprof package provides a mechanism to measure the
+runtime performance of an application. This is done by gathering
+an execution histogram.</P
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+>When profiling is started on the target device, a
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+> server is
+configurable. The default will be the IETF standard port
+of 69/UDP, but it may be changed to any UDP port via the
+<TT
+CLASS="LITERAL"
+>CYGNUM_PROFILE_TFTP_PORT</TT
+> CDL option.</P
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