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+Profiling the Cryptech Alpha
+============================
+
+Origin
+------
+
+This code was copied from https://github.com/ErichStyger/mcuoneclipse.git,
+directory Examples/KDS/FRDM-K64F120M/FRDM-K64F_Profiling/Profiling, commit
+9b7eedddd8b24968128582aedc63be95b61f782c, dated Mon Jan 9 16:56:17 2017 +0100.
+
+References
+----------
+
+I recommend reading both of these to understand how the profiling code works.
+
+[1]: https://mcuoneclipse.com/2015/08/23/tutorial-using-gnu-profiling-gprof-with-arm-cortex-m/
+"Tutorial: Using GNU Profiling (gprof) with ARM Cortex-M"
+
+[2]: http://bgamari.github.io/posts/2014-10-31-semihosting.html
+"Semihosting with ARM, GCC, and OpenOCD"
+
+How to build
+------------
+
+From the top level, run
+
+    make DO_PROFILING=1 hsm
+
+By default, all code is profiled, *except* the profiling code itself,
+because that would cause fatal recursion.
+
+How to run
+----------
+
+You need to start OpenOCD on the host, and enable semihosting, at least
+before you try to use it as a remote file system.
+
+I recommend executing the following in the projects/hsm directory, so that
+gmon.out ends up in the same directory as hsm.elf.
+
+Start OpenOCD:
+
+    $ openocd -f /usr/share/openocd/scripts/board/stm32f4discovery.cfg &
+
+Connect to OpenOCD:
+
+    $ telnet localhost 4444
+
+In the OpenOCD console, enable semihosting:
+
+    > arm semihosting enable
+
+In another window, start the debugger:
+
+    $ sw/stm32/bin/debug projects/hsm/hsm
+
+In the CLI, type `profile start`, then start the unit test or whatever
+will be exercising the hsm. Afterwards, in the CLI, type `profile stop`.
+
+After invoking `profile stop`, it can take several minutes to write
+gmon.out over OpenOCD to the host.
+
+In the projects/hsm directory, run gprof to analyse the gmon.out file:
+
+    $ gprof hsm.elf >gprof.txt