From: ashwath narasimhan <ashwath.narasimhan@oneconvergence.com>
To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: perf_event_open system call support in powerpc
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:35:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTim68z1Q6TEhYe_mvFaEig2e6B8miQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=j1FwEv2tBmPck3GWHWgcYGchcew@mail.gmail.com>
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Yep e500mc supports performance counters in hardware. Found the mapping for
the kernel call in /arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:03 PM, 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? If yes, is there something similar to
> arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S listing for powerpc that indicates the
> number for the above system call?
>
> Thanks in advance for assisting me. Please email me at
> ashwath.narasimhan@oneconvergence.com
>
> --
> -Ash
>
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-Ash
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2011-06-29 3:03 perf_event_open system call support in powerpc ashwath narasimhan
2011-06-29 18:35 ` ashwath narasimhan [this message]
2011-06-29 19:24 ` Scott Wood
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