Great news. Thanks! I'll give the libpfm part a spin in PAPI on perfctr this week. - d
> -----Original Message----- > From: stephane eranian [mailto:eran...@googlemail.com] > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 12:13 PM > To: perfmon2-devel > Subject: [perfmon2] Intel Nehalem support > > Hello, > > I have now uploaded the libpfm code to support the Intel Nehalem > processors. > > The libpfm code supports: > - core PMU, generic and fixed counters > - core PMU offcore_response_0 support > - uncore PMU, generic and fixed counters > - PEBS, including load latency filtering > - LBR, including LBR filtering > - libpfm_nehalem man page (read first) > > Hopefully, later this week, I will release the kernel and pfmon support. > > Note that you can test the libpfm Nehalem support without dedicated kernel > support. The kernel will default to architectural perfmon support and it > will > provide you with the 4 generic + 3 fixed counters of the core PMU. > > Note that due to important kernel changes related to DS_AREA in 2.6.28, > the PEBS support for Nehalem, Core, and Atom must be revisited, thus it > will > take some time. Note that the changes may not be backward compatible on > Core and Atom. Nehalem introduces a new PEBS format, so we will fine > there. > > Thanks to Intel for providing the event table information. > > Enjoy, > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > perfmon2-devel mailing list > perfmon2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perfmon2-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ perfmon2-devel mailing list perfmon2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perfmon2-devel
