Create a dedicated test suite for Perf

[lttng-tools.git] / README.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ The following items are _optional_ dependencies:
     pages with the `--help` option or with the `lttng help` command.
     Note that without `man`, you cannot get offline help with
     LTTng-tools commands, not even their usage.
+  - **`libpfm`**: needed to run the perf regression test suite.
+    - Debian/Ubuntu package: `libpfm4-dev`
 
 LTTng-tools supports both the [LTTng Linux Kernel tracer](https://lttng.org)
 and [LTTng user space tracer](https://lttng.org) released as part of the same
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ order to compile the Git repository tree:
 
   - **GNU Autotools** (**Automake >= 1.10**, **Autoconf >= 2.64**,
     **Autoheader >= 2.50**; make sure your system-wide `automake` points
-    to a recent version!)
+    to a recent version)
   - **[GNU Libtool](http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/) >= 2.2**
   - **Flex >= 2.5.35**
   - **Bison >= 2.4**