Phil,
On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 04:22:40PM +0100, Philip J. Mucci wrote:
> HI Robbie,
>
> yes, we have seen intermittent errors with requesting sample buffer
> memory. However I'm not sure why this should only happen occasionally.
> Perhaps Stefane knows?
>
There is not enough context for me to tell. Is this test in the 3.2 CVS
you ask me to download for Montecito testing?
> As for overflow_force_software, that is untested on Montecito. I
> wouldn't worry about it as you won't be using software overflow on
> Monte, just hardware. Not sure what the reason is...
>
> Phil
>
>
> >
> > Is this reasonable?
> >
> > As for overflow_force_software, it fail with following error msg:
> >
> > ......
> >
> > PAPI Error: read(1): short 56 vs. 92592 bytes.
> > PAPI Error: unexpected msg type 10.
> > PAPI Error: pfm_restart(0): not supported
> >
> > .....
> >
> > What's the reason?
> >
> > Robbie
> >
> > On 11/3/06, Philip J. Mucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi robbie,
> >
> > great catch on this one again. Fixed in CVS.
> >
> > As for your question below...
> > > .inline static int check_multiplex_timeout(hwd_context_t
> > *ctx,
> > > unsigned long *timeout)
> > > {
> > > int ret, ctx_fd;
> > > pfarg_setdesc_t set;
> > > pfarg_ctx_t newctx;
> > >
> > > return(PAPI_OK); //Why return PAPI_OK immediately without
> > any
> > > processing?
> > > ....
> > > }
> >
> > I really hated to have to build a context and do all the gory
> > bits just
> > to check that the timeout is valid to the kernel. None of the
> > other
> > platforms do this...but I will get to this eventually.
> >
> > > PS: When will you get access to a Montecito platform?
> > Current PAPI
> > > does need great effort to work well with Montecito. I have
> > spent many
> > > hours on fixing bugs, however, some tests still fail on my
> > platform,
> > > such as byte_profile,
> >
> > As soon as the Gelato folks send me one. ;-) Sorry to say I
> > don't know
> > when that is. Christmas maybe?
> >
> > The only test I'm truly concerned about below is earprofile
> > and
> > overflow_force_software.
> >
> > Can you run them and send me the output?
> >
> > I had ear profiling running at one point last time I had
> > access to a
> > Monte. What happens now?
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > >
> >
> > earprofile,kufrin,overflow3_pthreads,overflow_force_software,sdsc-mpx,sdsc2-mpx
> > and sdsc4-mpx.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Robbie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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