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SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/21] 2.6.18 perfmon2 : introduction
Andrew,

On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 06:14:10PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 07:10:07 -0700
> Stephane Eranian <eranian@frankl.hpl.hp.com> wrote:
>
> > Perfmon2 is a new kernel subsystem which provides access to the
> > hardware performance counters present all all modern processors.
>
> patch 21/21 got lost - please resend.

The first patch is numbered 00 (introduction), so nothing got lost.

>
> How does one test this? A short-form perfmon-for-dummies guide would be
> nice..

Yes, I agree with you. However, I would suggest you download the libpfm package
from:
http://perfmon2.sf.net

Click on project files.

This package contains very simple examples on how one can use the interface.

I am currently working on fixing the remaining issues you reported in your feedback.
As for the biggest change which is to drop UUID in favor of strings, I have decided
to make the switch.

--
-Stephane
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