[Xen-changelog] [xen master] docs: update coverage.markdown

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commit e1bc61af7621ee07f7ba03afcfa4b6fa54fbfb2a
Author:     Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri Oct 20 17:30:41 2017 +0100
Commit:     Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon Oct 23 14:03:44 2017 +0100

    docs: update coverage.markdown
    
    The coverage support in hypervisor is redone. Update the document.
    
    Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
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 docs/misc/coverage.markdown | 30 +++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/misc/coverage.markdown b/docs/misc/coverage.markdown
index 9a88c89..6eae441 100644
--- a/docs/misc/coverage.markdown
+++ b/docs/misc/coverage.markdown
@@ -10,38 +10,26 @@ down your hypervisor.
 
 ## Enable coverage
 
-Test coverage support can be turned on compiling Xen with the `coverage` 
option set
-to `y`.
+Test coverage support can be turned on compiling Xen with the `CONFIG_GCOV`
+option set to `y`.
 
-Something like:
-
-    cd xen
-    make coverage=y
-
-(or change your `.config` file).
+Change your `.config` or run `make -C xen menuconfig`.
 
 ## Extract coverage data
 
-The way GCC and other tools deal with coverage information is to use some files
-created during build phase (.gcno) and some files produced by executing the
-*program* (.gcda). The program in this case is Xen but Xen cannot write files
-so the way you can use coverage from Xen is extract coverage data from Xen and
-then split these information into files.
-
-To extract data you use a simple utility called `xencov`. Mainly `xencore`
-allows you to do 3 operations:
+To extract data you use a simple utility called `xencov`.
+It allows you to do 2 operations:
 
 * `xencov read` extract data
 * `xencov reset` reset all coverage counters
-* `xencov read-reset` extract data and reset counters at the same time.
 
-Another utility (`xencov_split`) is used to split extracted data file into 
files
-needed by userspace tools.
+Another utility (`xencov_split`) is used to split extracted data file into
+files needed by userspace tools.
 
 ## Split coverage data
 
-Once you extracted data from Xen, it is time to create files which the 
coverage tools
-can understand. To do it you need to run `xencov_split` utility.
+Once you extracted data from Xen, it is time to create files which the coverage
+tools can understand. To do it you need to run `xencov_split` utility.
 
 The utility just takes an input file and splits the blob into gcc .gcda files
 in the same directory that you execute the script. As file names are generated
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