From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/16] 2.6.17-rc6 perfmon2 patch for review: new i386 files
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:55:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200606181158_MC3-1-C2CA-FA@compuserve.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200606180724.08069.kevcorry@us.ibm.com>
References: <200606180724.08069.kevcorry@us.ibm.com>
[mailer forgot to copy l-k, resending just to there with updates]
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 07:24:07 -0500, Kevin Corry wrote:
> > What do I pick for i386 kernel on Athlon64 hardware? P6? There's no help
> > for that (or Athlon/Sempron processors.)
>
> P6 is only for Intel Pentium-Pro, Pentium-II, Pentium-III, and Pentium-M.
>
> See arch/x86_64/perfmon/Kconfig for the config options for AMD Athlon64 and
> Intel EM64T.
What I want is K8 perfmon counters on i386 kernel. This seems to
work. (Can it be this easy? The counters really do work.)
Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
--- 2.6.17-rc6-32-pfmon.orig/arch/i386/perfmon/Kconfig
+++ 2.6.17-rc6-32-pfmon/arch/i386/perfmon/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ config PERFMON
in the kernel. See <http://perfmon2.sf.net/> for
more details. If you're unsure, say Y.
+config I386_PERFMON_K8
+ tristate "Support AMD X86-64/Sempron generic hardware performance counters"
+ depends on PERFMON
+ default m
+ help
+ Enables support for the generic AMD X86-64/Sempron hardware
+ performance counters.
+ If unsure, say m.
+
config PERFMON_P6
tristate "Support for P6/Pentium M processor hardware performance counters"
depends on PERFMON
--- 2.6.17-rc6-32-pfmon.orig/arch/i386/perfmon/Makefile
+++ 2.6.17-rc6-32-pfmon/arch/i386/perfmon/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
# Contributed by Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>
#
obj-$(CONFIG_PERFMON) += perfmon.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_I386_PERFMON_K8) += perfmon_amd.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PERFMON_P6) += perfmon_p6.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PERFMON_P4) += perfmon_p4.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PERFMON_GEN_IA32) += perfmon_gen_ia32.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PERFMON_P4_PEBS) += perfmon_p4_pebs_smpl.o
+
+perfmon_amd-$(subst m,y,$(CONFIG_I386_PERFMON_K8)) += ../../x86_64/perfmon/perfmon_amd.o
--
Chuck
"You can't read a newspaper if you can't read." --George W. Bush
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2006-06-18 15:55 Chuck Ebbert [this message]
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2006-06-18 6:07 [PATCH 11/16] 2.6.17-rc6 perfmon2 patch for review: new i386 files Chuck Ebbert
2006-06-18 12:24 ` Kevin Corry
2006-06-15 9:07 Stephane Eranian
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