[linuxkernelnewbies] Eliminating tasklets [LWN.net]

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
http://lwn.net/Articles/239633/ Eliminating tasklets [Posted June 24, 2007 by corbet] Tasklets are a deferred-execution method used within the kernel; they were added in the 2.3 development series as a way for interrupt handlers to schedule work to be done in the very near future. Essen

[linuxkernelnewbies] Li Guanglei - using get_cycles() to get the real elapsed time

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/systemtap/2006-q3/msg00250.html using get_cycles() to get the real elapsed time From: Li Guanglei To: "systemtap at sourceware dot org" Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:35:20 +0800 Subject: using get_cycles() to get the real elapsed time Organization: IBM

[linuxkernelnewbies] Re: grub loader error 17

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
How about this link: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-handheld-25/need-help-with-mbr-and-grub-675211/?&highlight=grub+partition and the rest of the related links: http://groups.google.com/group/linuxkernelnewbies/t/26f1dae63f367155 On 10月12日, 下午8时21分, "Maninder Sin

[linuxkernelnewbies] Kernel development [LWN.net] - threaded interrupts -what is that?

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
What is threaded interrupts? http://lwn.net/Articles/301380/ Moving interrupts to threads By Jake Edge October 8, 2008 Processing interrupts from the hardware is a major source of latency in the kernel, because other interrupts are blocked while doing that processing. For this reason, the

[linuxkernelnewbies] Kernel markers [LWN.net]

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
http://lwn.net/Articles/245671/ Kernel markers By Jonathan Corbet August 15, 2007 LWN's recent look at SystemTap noted that the patch set currently lacks a set of static probe points like that provided with DTrace. There are a few reasons for this difference. For example, the rate of cha

[linuxkernelnewbies] Re: grub loader error 17

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
seemed like a trivial problem... first reboot with a live CDusing that live CD overwrite the grub bootloader with a new one.and modify it to reboot from the first partition which have XP. On Oct 12, 8:21 pm, "Maninder Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I had 4 fat32 partiti

[linuxkernelnewbies] oprofile ― Openshare droot Website

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
http://www.open-sharedroot.org/faq/troubleshooting-guide/performance-analysis-and-tuning/oprofile oprofile a low-overhead system-wide profiler Resources Will Cohens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hat Oprofile sourceforge page Mini Howto From linux-cluster mailing list Obtain a script called "o

[linuxkernelnewbies] oprofile on Xorg HOWTO ?

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2005/10/msg00595.html oprofile on Xorg HOWTO ? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: oprofile on Xorg HOWTO ? From: Xavier Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:03:14 +0200 Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, I'm trying to run oprofi

[linuxkernelnewbies] Oprofile setup - OLPC

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Oprofile_setup Oprofile setup From OLPC Jump to: navigation, search   english | spanish HowTo [ID# 115934]  +/-   [edit] Setting Up OProfile to Run on OLPC Laptop It is possible to get OProfile in timer mode working on the olpc

[linuxkernelnewbies] Howto configure the Linux kernel/arch/i386/oprofile - Wikihowto: a howto site anyone can edit

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
http://howto.wikia.com/wiki/Howto_configure_the_Linux_kernel/arch/i386/oprofile Howto configure the Linux kernel / arch / i386 / oprofile Option: PROFILING Kernel Versions: 2.6.15.6 ... (on/off) Profiling support (EXPERIMENTAL) Say Y here to

[linuxkernelnewbies] oprofile ― Openshare droot Website

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
http://www.open-sharedroot.org/faq/troubleshooting-guide/performance-analysis-and-tuning/oprofile oprofile a low-overhead system-wide profiler Resources Will Cohens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hat Oprofile sourceforge page Mini Howto From linux-cluster mailing list Obtain a script called "o

[linuxkernelnewbies] nouveau Wiki - OProfile

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/OProfile OProfile Why OProfile? Sometimes you want to get an idea were bottlenecks lie, and oprofile is ideal for that. It's a statistical profiler for linux. It requires kernel support (CONFIG_OPROFILE). Basic howto Install

[linuxkernelnewbies] OProfile::::IBM developerWorks : Linux : Linux on System z : Tuning hints & tips : Howto & tools : Resource management tools

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/perf/tuning_how_tools.html OProfile OProfile offers profiling of all running code on Linux systems, providing a variety of statistics. It is released under the GNU GPL. OProfiler consists of a kernel driver and a daemon for collecting sample da

[linuxkernelnewbies] grub loader error 17

2008-10-12 Thread Maninder Singh
Hi, I had 4 fat32 partitions with WinXP in first. and 1 ext3 partition with FC6, and another swap partition. Through parted command, i removed last fat32 partition and tried to change it to ext3 using mkpartfs. Then grub> prompt appeard when i restarted my computer. I took someone's help and w

[linuxkernelnewbies] Documentation/block/data-integrity.txt [LWN.net]

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
http://lwn.net/Articles/290145/ Documentation/block/data-integrity.txt [Posted July 15, 2008 by corbet] This is Documentation/block/data-integrity.text, as found in the mainline git repository during the 2.6.27 merge window. --

[linuxkernelnewbies] bit-tech.net | The Secrets of PC Memory: Part 2

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/12/17/the_secrets_of_pc_memory_part_2/2 Previous page 1 - Compact DDR Form Factors 2 - DRAM Self-Refreshing Technology 3 - PASR, DPD and Clock Stop modes 4 - DRAM Packaging 5 - BGA Solder Balls Inspection 6 - Stacking Technology and Increasing Capacity

[linuxkernelnewbies] Kernel markers [LWN.net]

2008-10-12 Thread Peter Teoh
http://lwn.net/Articles/245671/ Kernel markers By Jonathan Corbet August 15, 2007 LWN's recent look at SystemTap noted that the patch set currently lacks a set of static probe points like that provided with DTrace. There are a few reasons for this difference. For example, the rate of cha