perfctr-2.5.5 released

perfctr-2.5.5 released

[mikpe]

Version 2.5.5 of perfctr, the Linux/x86 performance
monitoring counters driver, is now available at the usual
place: http://www.csd.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/perfctr/

x86-64 users please note that the 2.5.71 kernel won't
compile on x86-64 due to incomplete 'driver model' changes.
A patch to fix this and two other x86-64 bugs is in the
patch-x86_64-2.5.71 file in perfctr's download directory.

Version 2.5.5, 2003-06-15
- Updates for driver model changes in kernel 2.5.71.
- Minor updates to the library's event descriptions for Pentium 4.
- Now supports SuSE's 2.4.19.SuSE-206 kernel for SLES 8 users.
  Autodetection of SuSE kernel versions is not yet implemented:
  pass "--patch=2.4.19.SuSE-206" to perfctr's update-kernel script
  to ensure that the correct patch is applied.
- Patch kit updates for 2.4.21 final and 2.4.20-18 RH kernels.

/ Mikael Pettersson

Re: [Perfctr-devel] perfctr-2.5.5 released

[Hiro Yoshioka]

Hi Mikael,

I just download perfctr 2.5.5 and see the difference
between 2.5.4 and 2.5.5 but I could not find code
changes except the changelog and todo.

$ diff -u perfctr-2.5.4 perfctr-2.5.5
diff -u perfctr-2.5.4/CHANGES perfctr-2.5.5/CHANGES
--- perfctr-2.5.4/CHANGES       2003-06-01 21:32:45.000000000 +0900
+++ perfctr-2.5.5/CHANGES       2003-06-16 07:11:23.000000000 +0900
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: CHANGES,v 1.106 2003/06/01 12:32:45 mikpe Exp $
+$Id: CHANGES,v 1.107 2003/06/15 22:11:23 mikpe Exp $
 
                        CHANGES
                        =======
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
 [High-level changes in reverse chronological order. Detailed
  driver changes are in linux/drivers/perfctr/RELEASE-NOTES.]
 
+Version 2.5.5, 2003-06-15
+- Updates for driver model changes in kernel 2.5.71.
+- Minor updates to the library's event descriptions for Pentium 4.
+- Now supports SuSE's 2.4.19.SuSE-206 kernel for SLES 8 users.
+  Autodetection of SuSE kernel versions is not yet implemented:
+  pass "--patch=2.4.19.SuSE-206" to perfctr's update-kernel script
+  to ensure that the correct patch is applied.
+- Patch kit updates for 2.4.21 final and 2.4.20-18 RH kernels.
+
 Version 2.5.4, 2003-06-01
 - Corrected the driver's handling of OVF_PMI+FORCE_OVF counters
   on Pentium 4. This configuration didn't work at all, and
diff -u perfctr-2.5.4/TODO perfctr-2.5.5/TODO
--- perfctr-2.5.4/TODO  2003-06-01 21:27:53.000000000 +0900
+++ perfctr-2.5.5/TODO  2003-06-16 07:09:57.000000000 +0900
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Changes during perfctr-2.5:
+- SuSE kernels don't use EXTRAVERSION. Fix update-kernel to use
+  rpm to identify the exact version instead.
 - New AoS counter state layout:
        struct perfctr_cpu_user_state {
                unsigned int cstatus;
Common subdirectories: perfctr-2.5.4/etc and perfctr-2.5.5/etc
Common subdirectories: perfctr-2.5.4/examples and perfctr-2.5.5/examples
Common subdirectories: perfctr-2.5.4/linux and perfctr-2.5.5/linux
Common subdirectories: perfctr-2.5.4/patches and perfctr-2.5.5/patches
Common subdirectories: perfctr-2.5.4/usr.lib and perfctr-2.5.5/usr.lib

What's wrong? Any hints?

Regards,
  Hiro

From: mikpe@csd.uu.se
Subject: [Perfctr-devel] perfctr-2.5.5 released
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 00:29:36 +0200 (MEST)
Message-ID: <200306152229.h5FMTa93026063@harpo.it.uu.se>

> Version 2.5.5 of perfctr, the Linux/x86 performance
> monitoring counters driver, is now available at the usual
> place: http://www.csd.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/perfctr/
> 
> x86-64 users please note that the 2.5.71 kernel won't
> compile on x86-64 due to incomplete 'driver model' changes.
> A patch to fix this and two other x86-64 bugs is in the
> patch-x86_64-2.5.71 file in perfctr's download directory.
> 
> Version 2.5.5, 2003-06-15
> - Updates for driver model changes in kernel 2.5.71.
> - Minor updates to the library's event descriptions for Pentium 4.
> - Now supports SuSE's 2.4.19.SuSE-206 kernel for SLES 8 users.
>   Autodetection of SuSE kernel versions is not yet implemented:
>   pass "--patch=2.4.19.SuSE-206" to perfctr's update-kernel script
>   to ensure that the correct patch is applied.
> - Patch kit updates for 2.4.21 final and 2.4.20-18 RH kernels.
> 
> / Mikael Pettersson
> 
> 
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Re: [Perfctr-devel] perfctr-2.5.5 released

[mikpe]

(I missed the cc: list)

On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:18:46 +0900, Hiro Yoshioka wrote:
> I just download perfctr 2.5.5 and see the difference
> between 2.5.4 and 2.5.5 but I could not find code
> changes except the changelog and todo.
> 
> $ diff -u perfctr-2.5.4 perfctr-2.5.5
> diff -u perfctr-2.5.4/CHANGES perfctr-2.5.5/CHANGES
> --- perfctr-2.5.4/CHANGES       2003-06-01 21:32:45.000000000 +0900
> +++ perfctr-2.5.5/CHANGES       2003-06-16 07:11:23.000000000 +0900

Missing '-r' option to diff, so it only diffs the toplevel files.
Use diff -ruN to compare two directories recursively.

/Mikael

Re: [Perfctr-devel] perfctr-2.5.5 released

[Hiro Yoshioka]

> On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:18:46 +0900, Hiro Yoshioka wrote:
> > I just download perfctr 2.5.5 and see the difference
> > between 2.5.4 and 2.5.5 but I could not find code
> > changes except the changelog and todo.
> > 
> > $ diff -u perfctr-2.5.4 perfctr-2.5.5
> > diff -u perfctr-2.5.4/CHANGES perfctr-2.5.5/CHANGES
> > --- perfctr-2.5.4/CHANGES       2003-06-01 21:32:45.000000000 +0900
> > +++ perfctr-2.5.5/CHANGES       2003-06-16 07:11:23.000000000 +0900
> 
> Missing '-r' option to diff, so it only diffs the toplevel files.
> Use diff -ruN to compare two directories recursively.

Thanks for your quick help.

I have made a patch for perfctr 2.5.5 of hardmeter which 
is a memory profiling tool using Intel P4's PEBS (precise
event based sampling) hardware monitoring facility.

See the following patch.

http://cvs.sourceforge.jp/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/hardmeter/hardmeter/patch/perfctr-2.5.5.dif?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

https://sourceforge.jp/projects/hardmeter/
(some pages are written in Japanese)

Regards,
  Hiro
--
Hiro Yoshioka/CTO, Miracle Linux
mailto:hyoshiok@miraclelinux.com
http://www.miraclelinux.com