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From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 6/6] MIPS: add support for hardware performance events
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* Deng-Cheng Zhu <dengcheng.zhu@gmail.com> wrote:

> To test the functionality of Perf-event, you may want to compile the 
> tool "perf" for your MIPS platform. You can refer to the following 
> URL: 
> http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2010-04/msg00158.html
> 
> Please note: Before that patch is accepted, you can choose a 
> "specific" rmb() which is suitable for your platform -- an example is 
> provided in the description of that patch.
> 
> You also need to customize the CFLAGS and LDFLAGS in 
> tools/perf/Makefile for your libs, includes, etc.

Mind submitting this patch to the perf maintainers as well, so that by 
the time MIPS kernel-side support hits mainline the tools/perf/ side 
will be usable 'out of box' ?

Thanks,

	Ingo