Hi Ritesh, Thank you for your prompt response. I am building kernel 5.10, for Buster which is not the default version that is shipped. If you can send me pointers on how to build the linux-perf package that is part of the official distribution that would be great.
Thanks -ajoy On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 11:17 PM Ritesh Raj Sarraf <r...@debian.org> wrote: > On Tue, 2021-01-05 at 15:07 -0800, Ajoy Aswadhati wrote: > > Hi Team, > > > > Can someone suggest the recommended way to build the "perf" tool and > > package it into linux-tools*? > > > > For the Debian shipped Linux kernel, there's the linux-perf package > which will pull in the proper linux-perf-$VERSION of the package for > the respective Linux kenrel. > > > I have been using a modified version (done internally at Uber) > > provided in > > this patch: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2015/04/msg00013.html > > > > This patch doesn't apply properly to newer Kernel releases. > > > > Since this is a common requirement, I am wondering if there is an > > alternate > > solution that does not require the above mentioned patch. > > > > -- > Given the large number of mailing lists I follow, I request you to CC > me in replies for quicker response > -- Thanks -ajoy
