Re: Removal of events for unsupported architectures or processor models

On 07/21/2014 06:08 PM, Maynard Johnson wrote:
> Hello, oprofile community,
> Your input and feedback on the issue described below would be appreciated.
> 
> As recently announced on the oprofile-list, OProfile release 1.0 will *NOT* include the legacy opcontrol-based profiler.  Only the operf profiler -- which uses the Linux Kernel Performance Events Subsystem (aka "perf_events") -- will be included in release 1.0.  It seems logical at this time to also remove the events and unit mask files for any architecture or processor types that are not supported by perf_events.  From what I can tell, here are the architectures that do not have perf_events support:
> 
Suravee,
When I originally posted this message, I should have mentioned AMD IBS events will no longer be supported with oprofile 1.0 either, since (AFAIK) there is no support for IBS in the perf_events kernel subsystem -- and, thus, IBS is supported only by opcontrol.

I would prefer that you provide a patch to remove the IBS events from the various x86_64 events files.  I plan on rolling out a release candidate by the end of the week, so if I don't get a patch from you by then, I'll have to remove those events myself and hope I don't screw anything up.

-Maynard

> 	avr32
> 	ia64
> 
> Unsupported processor models are:
> 
> 	ppc64/cell-be
> 	ppc64/pa6t (?)
> 
> If anyone knows of any additional architectures and/or processor models that do not have perf_events support and, thus, should be dropped from oprofile release 1.0, please let me know.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Maynard
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and
> search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck
> Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code
> search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now.
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds
> _______________________________________________
> oprofile-list mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oprofile-list
> 


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Infragistics Professional
Build stunning WinForms apps today!
Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. 
Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future.
http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk