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

To: "Apparao, Padmashree K" <padmashree.k.apparao@xxxxxxxxx>, "Ray Bryant" <raybry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Xenoprof: getting Oprofile out of timer mode?
From: "Santos, Jose Renato G" <joserenato.santos@xxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 23:58:04 -0700
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Xenoprof: getting Oprofile out of timer mode?
That is true, no support on 3.0.2 but 
xen-unstable does have support for XenOprofile  
Renato

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Apparao, Padmashree K [mailto:padmashree.k.apparao@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 6:32 PM
> To: Ray Bryant; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Gitika Aggarwal; Andrei Lifchits; Santos, Jose Renato G
> Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Xenoprof: getting Oprofile out of timer mode?
> 
> I believe there is no support for xenoprofile in 3.0.2 It 
> works in 3.0.0
> 
> - Padma
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Bryant
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 3:04 PM
> To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Gitika Aggarwal; Andrei Lifchits; Santos, Jose Renato G
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xenoprof: getting Oprofile out of timer mode?
> 
> It's back!
> 
> I'm trying to run xenoprof on an Intel VT platform (955 
> processor) under the latest xenbits unstable (well, when I 
> downloaded it last night, it was at changeset 10031, and I'm 
> getting the following when I run opcontrol:
> 
> You cannot specify any performance counter events because 
> OProfile is in timer mode.
> 
> The opreport command line in question is:
> 
> opcontrol \
> --vmlinux=/home/raybry/xenbits-unstable.hg/linux-2.6.16.13-xen
> /vmlinux \
> 
> --xen=/home/raybry/xenbits-unstable.hg/xen/xen-syms --active-domains=0
> --event=GLOBAL_POWER_EVENTS:100000:0:1:1
> 
> The xen command line in /boot/grub/menu.lst includes the lapic option:
> 
> title XENbits unstable xen
>     root (hd0,1)
>     kernel /boot/xen.gz lapic dom0_mem=512M tbuf_size=100
> com1=115200,8n1
> console=com1 cdb=com1 sync_console
>     module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-xen root=/dev/sda2 selinux=0 
> showopts psmouse.proto=bare lapic
>     module /boot/initrd-2.6.16-xen
> 
> Attached is the xen.dmesg, the linux.dmesg, .config file for 
> the linux-2.6.16.13-xen kernel, and some system info.
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> --
> Ray Bryant
> AMD Performance Labs                   Austin, Tx
> 512-602-0038 (o)                 512-507-7807 (c)
> 

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