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Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:24:19 -0500
From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
To: ashwath narasimhan <ashwath.narasimhan@oneconvergence.com>
Subject: Re: perf_event_open system call support in powerpc
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:03:10 -0700
ashwath narasimhan <ashwath.narasimhan@oneconvergence.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
>  I am new to the powerpc architecture and I am trying to use
> perf_event_open() system call for power pc architecture (e500mc) using
> 2.6.32 kernel distribution. Is this system call number supported for power
> pc architecture? 

perf event support for e500mc wasn't added until 2.6.34.

-Scott