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Re: [Xen-devel] Xenoprof: getting Oprofile out of timer mode?

To: "Santos, Jose Renato G" <joserenato.santos@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xenoprof: getting Oprofile out of timer mode?
From: "Andrei Lifchits" <alifchit@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:51:37 -0700
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Hi Renato,

I'm using Xen unstable where you added builtin Xenoprof support (the
image is called xen-3.0-unstable.gz, I downloaded the source on Apr
13). Oprofile is built into the kernel.
I'm attaching the kernel and Xen logs to this email.

Thanks,
Andrei


On 4/18/06, Santos, Jose Renato G <joserenato.santos@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Andrei,
>
> I am not sure what is causing XenOprofile to not start
> properly in your instalations. Can you please, send
> me your kernel log (dmesg) and Xen log (xm dmesg).
> That might give us some hint.
> What Xen version are you using?
> Are you using Oprofile as a kernel module or
> builtin?
>
> Thanks
>
> Renato
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> >> Andrei Lifchits
> >> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 6:37 PM
> >> To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Cc: Gitika Aggarwal
> >> Subject: [Xen-devel] Xenoprof: getting Oprofile out of timer mode?
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I'm having a problem with Xenoprof: I'm trying to profile XenLinux
> >> (2.6.16) on a Pentium III desktop machine, by starting
> >> Oprofile (opcontrol --start). However, when I specify a
> >> particular event (with the --event option), Oprofile says
> >> it's in the Timer Mode and cannot profile events. The
> >> Oprofile FAQ says the "lapic" option must be passed to the
> >> kernel at boot time if that happens, but doing so doesn't
> >> change anything for me. I should note that Oprofile (without
> >> Xen support) works fine on this machine under Fedora Core 4
> >> (it doesn't go into Timer Mode), which implies that the
> >> hardware support is present. Do you know what the problem
> >> might be with XenLinux?
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Andrei
> >>
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