On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 2:39 PM, 陳韋任 <che...@iis.sinica.edu.tw> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the clarification. > >> I think you are confusing the version number of the kernel interface (2.9) >> with that of the library (3.9). BTW, there is a version 3.10 out. > > So the directory name "examples_v#.x" (which is in the package) means it's > for particular kernel interface? > >> > And I also note the link belows said "This version of libpfm is NOT >> > for use with perfmon2.x". >> Yes, libpfm4 is not for use for perfmon but with perf_events. > > I not sure I totally understand what you said. Since the link said > "NOT for use with perfmon2.x", is that means libpfm4 is for use with > perfmon3.x or something else? > Yes, libpfm4 is for use with the perf_event kernel interface which appeared in 2.6.31. Perfmon never made it to upstream kernel. Development of perfmon has been stopped since early 2009.
> And I see the website said "libpfm4 offers much better flexibility and > simplicity to express events". Does it means libpfm4 is much easier to > use than libpfm3? > Yes, it is much easier to use than libpfm3. one can express event filters and priv levels for instance. > Thanks! > > Regards, > chenwj > > -- > Wei-Ren Chen (陳韋任) > Parallel Processing Lab, Institute of Information Science, > Academia Sinica, Taiwan (R.O.C.) > Tel:886-2-2788-3799 #1667 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _______________________________________________ perfmon2-devel mailing list perfmon2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perfmon2-devel
