Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263131AbTFPAXM (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jun 2003 20:23:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263150AbTFPAXM (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jun 2003 20:23:12 -0400 Received: from vcgwp1.bit-drive.ne.jp ([211.9.32.211]:17550 "HELO vcgwp1.bit-drive.ne.jp") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263131AbTFPAXG (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jun 2003 20:23:06 -0400 To: mikpe@csd.uu.se Cc: perfctr-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: hyoshiok@miraclelinux.com Subject: Re: [Perfctr-devel] perfctr-2.5.5 released In-Reply-To: <200306152229.h5FMTa93026063@harpo.it.uu.se> References: <200306152229.h5FMTa93026063@harpo.it.uu.se> X-Mailer: Mew version 1.94.2 on XEmacs 21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20030616091846G.hyoshiok@miraclelinux.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:18:46 +0900 From: Hiro Yoshioka X-Dispatcher: imput version 20000228(IM140) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3864 Lines: 87 Hi Mikael, I just download perfctr 2.5.5 and see the difference between 2.5.4 and 2.5.5 but I could not find code changes except the changelog and todo. $ diff -u perfctr-2.5.4 perfctr-2.5.5 diff -u perfctr-2.5.4/CHANGES perfctr-2.5.5/CHANGES --- perfctr-2.5.4/CHANGES 2003-06-01 21:32:45.000000000 +0900 +++ perfctr-2.5.5/CHANGES 2003-06-16 07:11:23.000000000 +0900 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: CHANGES,v 1.106 2003/06/01 12:32:45 mikpe Exp $ +$Id: CHANGES,v 1.107 2003/06/15 22:11:23 mikpe Exp $ CHANGES ======= @@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ [High-level changes in reverse chronological order. Detailed driver changes are in linux/drivers/perfctr/RELEASE-NOTES.] +Version 2.5.5, 2003-06-15 +- Updates for driver model changes in kernel 2.5.71. +- Minor updates to the library's event descriptions for Pentium 4. +- Now supports SuSE's 2.4.19.SuSE-206 kernel for SLES 8 users. + Autodetection of SuSE kernel versions is not yet implemented: + pass "--patch=2.4.19.SuSE-206" to perfctr's update-kernel script + to ensure that the correct patch is applied. +- Patch kit updates for 2.4.21 final and 2.4.20-18 RH kernels. + Version 2.5.4, 2003-06-01 - Corrected the driver's handling of OVF_PMI+FORCE_OVF counters on Pentium 4. This configuration didn't work at all, and diff -u perfctr-2.5.4/TODO perfctr-2.5.5/TODO --- perfctr-2.5.4/TODO 2003-06-01 21:27:53.000000000 +0900 +++ perfctr-2.5.5/TODO 2003-06-16 07:09:57.000000000 +0900 @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ Changes during perfctr-2.5: +- SuSE kernels don't use EXTRAVERSION. Fix update-kernel to use + rpm to identify the exact version instead. - New AoS counter state layout: struct perfctr_cpu_user_state { unsigned int cstatus; Common subdirectories: perfctr-2.5.4/etc and perfctr-2.5.5/etc Common subdirectories: perfctr-2.5.4/examples and perfctr-2.5.5/examples Common subdirectories: perfctr-2.5.4/linux and perfctr-2.5.5/linux Common subdirectories: perfctr-2.5.4/patches and perfctr-2.5.5/patches Common subdirectories: perfctr-2.5.4/usr.lib and perfctr-2.5.5/usr.lib What's wrong? Any hints? Regards, Hiro From: mikpe@csd.uu.se Subject: [Perfctr-devel] perfctr-2.5.5 released Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 00:29:36 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <200306152229.h5FMTa93026063@harpo.it.uu.se> > Version 2.5.5 of perfctr, the Linux/x86 performance > monitoring counters driver, is now available at the usual > place: http://www.csd.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/perfctr/ > > x86-64 users please note that the 2.5.71 kernel won't > compile on x86-64 due to incomplete 'driver model' changes. > A patch to fix this and two other x86-64 bugs is in the > patch-x86_64-2.5.71 file in perfctr's download directory. > > Version 2.5.5, 2003-06-15 > - Updates for driver model changes in kernel 2.5.71. > - Minor updates to the library's event descriptions for Pentium 4. > - Now supports SuSE's 2.4.19.SuSE-206 kernel for SLES 8 users. > Autodetection of SuSE kernel versions is not yet implemented: > pass "--patch=2.4.19.SuSE-206" to perfctr's update-kernel script > to ensure that the correct patch is applied. > - Patch kit updates for 2.4.21 final and 2.4.20-18 RH kernels. > > / Mikael Pettersson > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay > Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: > http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 > _______________________________________________ > Perfctr-devel mailing list > Perfctr-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perfctr-devel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/