From: Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/21] 2.6.18 perfmon2 : introduction
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:02:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061012070254.GA30888@frankl.hpl.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061011181410.e5916295.akpm@osdl.org>
Andrew,
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 06:14:10PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 07:10:07 -0700
> Stephane Eranian <eranian@frankl.hpl.hp.com> wrote:
>
> > Perfmon2 is a new kernel subsystem which provides access to the
> > hardware performance counters present all all modern processors.
>
> patch 21/21 got lost - please resend.
The first patch is numbered 00 (introduction), so nothing got lost.
>
> How does one test this? A short-form perfmon-for-dummies guide would be
> nice..
Yes, I agree with you. However, I would suggest you download the libpfm package
from:
http://perfmon2.sf.net
Click on project files.
This package contains very simple examples on how one can use the interface.
I am currently working on fixing the remaining issues you reported in your feedback.
As for the biggest change which is to drop UUID in favor of strings, I have decided
to make the switch.
--
-Stephane
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2006-10-09 14:10 Stephane Eranian
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