Eric, On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:23 AM, eric.lee1221<eric.lee1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install the perfmon2 patches on Intel Xeon E5520 with Redhat > Enterprise server 5.3. > The kernel version of Redhat server is 2.6.18 kernel. Since only the newer > perfmon2 supports the > Intel Nehalem processor, I downloaded a 2.6.29 kernel from ftp.kernel.org. I > also patched the kernel using > the kernel patches downloaded from sourceforge > (perfmon-new-base-090622.tar.gz). > > Results so far show that I can build and load the 2.6.29 kernel with the > modified perfmon2 patches. > However, when I try to run pfmon I get the following error. > >[e...@discovery ~]$ pfmon -eUNHALTED_CORE_CYCLES -- ls > >detection of unavailable registers failed, leave it to the kernel to > decide > >can't create perfmon context: Invalid argument > Where did you get pfmon from?
Try using pfmon-3.9, libpfm-3.9. Also make sure you do not already have a pfmon or libpfm RPM installed. > And only 5 events are supported. > >[...@discovery ~]$ pfmon -l > >UNHALTED_CORE_CYCLES > >INSTRUCTIONS_RETIRED > >LAST_LEVEL_CACHE_REFERENCES > >LAST_LEVEL_CACHE_MISSES > >BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS_RETIRED > > I wonder if I missed some important issues. How can I fix up the problem? > > Thanks! > > ------------ > Eric > 2009-09-02 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > perfmon2-devel mailing list > perfmon2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perfmon2-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ perfmon2-devel mailing list perfmon2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perfmon2-devel
