Re: [PATCH 11/16] 2.6.17-rc6 perfmon2 patch for review: new i386 files

[Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>]

In-Reply-To: <200606180724.08069.kevcorry@us.ibm.com>
References: <200606180724.08069.kevcorry@us.ibm.com>

[mailer forgot to copy l-k, resending just to there with updates]

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 07:24:07 -0500, Kevin Corry wrote:

> > What do I pick for i386 kernel on Athlon64 hardware?  P6?  There's no help
> > for that (or Athlon/Sempron processors.)
> 
> P6 is only for Intel Pentium-Pro, Pentium-II, Pentium-III, and Pentium-M.
>
> See arch/x86_64/perfmon/Kconfig for the config options for AMD Athlon64 and 
> Intel EM64T.

What I want is K8 perfmon counters on i386 kernel.  This seems to
work.  (Can it be this easy?  The counters really do work.)

Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>

--- 2.6.17-rc6-32-pfmon.orig/arch/i386/perfmon/Kconfig
+++ 2.6.17-rc6-32-pfmon/arch/i386/perfmon/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ config PERFMON
  	  in the kernel. See <http://perfmon2.sf.net/> for
  	  more details. If you're unsure, say Y.
 
+config I386_PERFMON_K8
+	tristate "Support AMD X86-64/Sempron generic hardware performance counters"
+	depends on PERFMON
+	default m
+	help
+	Enables support for the generic AMD X86-64/Sempron hardware
+	performance counters.
+	If unsure, say m.
+
  config PERFMON_P6
 	tristate "Support for P6/Pentium M processor hardware performance counters"
 	depends on PERFMON
--- 2.6.17-rc6-32-pfmon.orig/arch/i386/perfmon/Makefile
+++ 2.6.17-rc6-32-pfmon/arch/i386/perfmon/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 # Contributed by Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>
 #
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERFMON)		+= perfmon.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_I386_PERFMON_K8)	+= perfmon_amd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERFMON_P6)	+= perfmon_p6.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERFMON_P4)	+= perfmon_p4.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERFMON_GEN_IA32)	+= perfmon_gen_ia32.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERFMON_P4_PEBS)	+= perfmon_p4_pebs_smpl.o
+
+perfmon_amd-$(subst m,y,$(CONFIG_I386_PERFMON_K8)) += ../../x86_64/perfmon/perfmon_amd.o
-- 
Chuck
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