On 14/06/11 22:22, Brad Campbell wrote:
> On 14/06/11 15:20, Török Edwin wrote:
>>
>> I see wakeups both on my laptop (Core 2 Duo), and my desktop
>> (AMD Phenom II), running 64-bit Linux 3.0-rc2.
>> If you built the kernel yourself maybe you forgot to enable one of the
>> CONFIG_* features that powertop needs?
>> Try running powertop under strace, and see if powertop tries to open
>> some /sys file that doesn't exist.
>
> It seems to open quite a few, but I'm struggling to figure out what I've 
> failed to enable. The perf
> menu has all of 3 options, and one of those is listed as having no function. 
> Suggestions warmly
> welcomed.
>

So it turns out that there is no direct way to enable CONFIG_TRACING. If you 
have perf enabled then 
powertop won't spit out the diagnostic message telling you to enable both perf 
and trace. After an 
hour of rooting through Kconfig files, I finally figured out the quickest way 
to enable TRACING was 
in the Kernel hacking menu ; Tracers (CONFIG_FTRACE) ; Kernel Function Tracer 
(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER), which selects GENERIC_TRACER which in turn selects 
CONFIG_TRACING.

Did I miss something obvious in the docs?

Regards,
Brad
-- 
Dolphins are so intelligent that within a few weeks they can
train Americans to stand at the edge of the pool and throw them
fish.



_______________________________________________
Power mailing list
[email protected]
https://bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power

Reply via email to