From: Alberto Donizetti <alb.donizetti@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:20:58 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: cmd/trace: document that trace viewer is only tested on chromium
X-Git-Tag: go1.9beta1~596
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=865b50c982a2c8b2a790772c6777a53c3f268bab;p=gostls13.git

cmd/trace: document that trace viewer is only tested on chromium

Fixes #19207

Change-Id: I69b70492fd01599a13c1a3beb87f492de40a18b0
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/37312
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
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diff --git a/src/cmd/trace/doc.go b/src/cmd/trace/doc.go
index 79506ca9bb..ed1f930a7b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/trace/doc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/trace/doc.go
@@ -26,5 +26,10 @@ Supported profile types are:
 
 Then, you can use the pprof tool to analyze the profile:
 	go tool pprof TYPE.pprof
+
+Note that while the various profiles available when launching
+'go tool trace' work on every browser, the trace viewer itself
+(the 'view trace' page) comes from the Chrome/Chromium project
+and is only actively tested on that browser.
 */
 package main
diff --git a/src/cmd/trace/main.go b/src/cmd/trace/main.go
index 6367874d70..8ea0ba0161 100644
--- a/src/cmd/trace/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/trace/main.go
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ Supported profile types are:
 Flags:
 	-http=addr: HTTP service address (e.g., ':6060')
 	-pprof=type: print a pprof-like profile instead
+
+Note that while the various profiles available when launching
+'go tool trace' work on every browser, the trace viewer itself
+(the 'view trace' page) comes from the Chrome/Chromium project
+and is only actively tested on that browser.
 `
 
 var (