Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755317AbZKWHdZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:33:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753173AbZKWHdY (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:33:24 -0500 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:57561 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753031AbZKWHdX (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:33:23 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:33:17 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Li Zefan , Pekka Enberg , Frederic Weisbecker , Steven Rostedt , Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu , LKML , "linux-mm@kvack.org" Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] perf: Add 'perf kmem' tool Message-ID: <20091123073317.GA16628@elte.hu> References: <84144f020911200019p4978c8e8tc593334d974ee5ff@mail.gmail.com> <20091120083053.GB19778@elte.hu> <4B0657A4.2040606@cs.helsinki.fi> <4B06590C.7010109@cn.fujitsu.com> <20091120090353.GE19778@elte.hu> <20091120144215.GH18283@ghostprotocols.net> <20091120164110.GA24183@elte.hu> <20091120175228.GD27926@ghostprotocols.net> <20091123065110.GC31758@elte.hu> <1258960941.4531.19.camel@laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1258960941.4531.19.camel@laptop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 937 Lines: 24 * Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > I havent tried this - is this really possible to do on an x86 box, > > with a typical distro? Can i install say Fedora PowerPC debuginfo > > packages on an x86 box, while also having the x86 debuginfo packages > > there? > > The best option would be to allow to specify a chroot parameter, where > we can specify the embedded root filesystem on out machine. > > I'm not even sure embedded distros even have this separate debug > package crazyness, you simply build the distro with or without > debuginfo. yes - we could use -R/--root (which opreport has as well), as a mandatory path prefix to all DSO/debuginfo searches. Ingo -- 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/