On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 04:02:52PM +0800, Kay Tiong Khoo wrote: > Hello there, > > I have several questions with regard to oprofile backtracing support > in the kernel and would appreciate responses from SUSE Developers. > > 1. Currently, CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO is not set on openSUSE and SLES9. > Will it be set in future SUSE products? This is required for oprofile > backtracing to work in user space. > > 2. Because CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is not set on openSUSE and SLES9, > samples in the kernel will not have backtraces. Is there any > possibility that future releases of openSUSE and SLES will have > CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER set? > > I am currently in the process of developing a front-end with a > rewritten oprofile kernel module as the backend. Proper support for > backtracing on SUSE products will help customers properly visualize > the callstacks.
Check out the kernel-debug kernel. It has above features. Ciao, Marcus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
