Hi,

You do not need PAPI.
You can do the following to get the pfmon tools setup on your platform:
* Patch your kernel with perfmon-new-base-xxx and compile kernel with perfmon 
enabled.
* build/install libpfm
* build/install pfmon tools

Regards,
Pradeep



Satoshi Isono wrote:
> Thanks for your advice.
> 
> More concern. If I want to use pfmon tools, should I install PAPI and 
> PAPI patch into kernel source?
> 
>  
> 
> Sorry, I don’t understand completely needed packages about pfmon.
> 
> Could you advice or give me some opinions?
> 
>  
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Satoshi Isono
> 
>  
> 
> *From:* stephane eranian [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Friday, June 05, 2009 1:24 AM
> *To:* Satoshi Isono
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [perfmon2] Precondition before installing
> 
>  
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Satoshi Isono <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I try to install perfmon2 into kernel 2.6.18-53.1.6.el5-PAPI. My aim is
> to collect L3 cache events on Barcelona (QC AMD Opteron 8356). I show
> /proc/cpuinfo as below.
> 
>   processor       : 15
>   vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
>   cpu family      : 16
>   model           : 2
>   model name      : Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8356
>   stepping        : 3
>   cpu MHz         : 2300.096
>   cache size      : 512 KB
>   ...
> 
> Or do I have to use latest kernel combination?
> 
>   (3)
>   * Kernel source 2.6.28-1
>   pfmon-3.8.tar.gz
>   libpfm-3.8.tar.gz
>   perfmon-new-base-090219.tar.gz
> 
>  
> 
> That configuration will work. I don't think the others will. If you have
> 
> a choice, I would not even bother and I would use the latest.
> 
>  
> 
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