Corey, Patch applied. Thanks.
2009/1/6 Corey Ashford <cjash...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>: > Hello, > > This patch contains a change to use an event that is available for counting > in the user-only domain for instructions retired. > > PAPI has been using this event for PAPI_TOT_INS for quite some time, and so > there has been a difference between what libpfm would give for instructions > retired and what PAPI would use for PAPI_TOT_INS. Because the event that > libpfm chose was available only on a fixed counter which was not gateable by > the privilege level, attempting to count this event in priviledge level > other than PLM3|PLM1|PLM0 resulted in the libpfm dispatch function rejecting > the event combination. > > The replacement event that I've chosen to switch to is not available in > every group, but does have the advantage that it can be counted in specific > domains (such as PLM3). Because of this, you can now run the libpfm > examples without modification on Power5+ and Power6. > > Please note that some of the examples, in particular self_smpl_multi, still > exhibit problems that we are looking into. > > Thanks for your consideration. > > > - Corey > > Corey Ashford > Software Engineer > IBM Linux Technology Center, Linux Toolchain > Beaverton, OR > 503-578-3507 > cjash...@us.ibm.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It is the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > _______________________________________________ > perfmon2-devel mailing list > perfmon2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perfmon2-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ perfmon2-devel mailing list perfmon2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perfmon2-devel
