Re: [PATCH] 1/2 Oprofile support for Power9
Will Schmidt <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.oprofile |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Wed, 2017-06-07 at 13:17 -0400, William Cohen wrote: > On 06/06/2017 11:52 AM, Will Schmidt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Add initial support for PPC64/Power9 to oprofile. > > This includes the documentation updates to indicate "power9", > > the PVR values, and all the other updates that will be necessary. > > (This is based on a review of changes made when Power8 support > > was initially added). > > The long-ish event list follows as a subsequent patch. > > > > Signed-off-by: Will Schmidt <[email protected]> > > > > -- > > > > Hi Will, > > I have started to review the power9 patches. IIRC OProfile uses libpfm > for some of the event mapping for power processors. Is that the case > for power9 also? Are there similar power9 patches coming for libpfm? Yes. They've been sent (yesterday), and I believe are now in the moderator queue awaiting approval, due to their size. > > -Will > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot