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* Re: make O=/my/personal/build/using/root's/kernel/sources  --  broken for perf
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@ 2013-03-06 20:29 ` David Ahern
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From: David Ahern @ 2013-03-06 20:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: rh; +Cc: linux-perf-users

On 3/6/13 12:56 PM, rh wrote:
> I hadn't tried to build perf using make O= previously so I don't know
> if it ever worked. But I tried to use it and it doesn't work.
>
> Also, I have a local libdef.h but perf doesn't see it/use it, it is in
> /usr/include/libelf/libelf.h
>
> I'm trying to use my system as an end user that has no root privileges.
> Therefore I am building the kernel in /usr/src/linux with
> make O=/my/output/dir

That's how I always build perf. Either from top-level 'make 
O=/tmp/pbuild -C tools/perf' or from tools/perf and just 'make 
O=/tmp/pbuild'. And often from a VM mounting the kernel tree over NFS 
read-only. It works fine for me.

What problem are you having and what version?

David

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