Re: [PATCH] 1/2 Oprofile support for Power9
William Cohen <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.oprofile |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 06/07/2017 02:51 PM, Will Schmidt wrote: > 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 >> > > Hi Will, The patches looked reasonable, so they have been checked into the main oprofile git repository. Thanks for the patches. Do you have some patches to add to the oprofile-testsuite to allow testing oprofile on power9? -Will ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot