On Wed, 2012-03-21 at 20:23 +1300, Michael Cree wrote: > Package: linux-tools > Version: 3.2.7-2 > Severity: wishlist > User: debian-al...@lists.debian.org > Usertags: alpha > X-Debbugs-CC: debian-al...@lists.debian.org > > Could we have the perf tools built on Alpha please. For some reason > they are not in the linux-tools package, whereas they are for other > arches.
Not all architectures have kernel support for perf, and apparently we missed alpha getting it. > Performance hardware event support for EV67/68 CPUs is in the > kernel and it would be nice to be able to use the perf tools on those > CPUs. FWIW, I did do a "make" within the tools/perf directory of the > source package and the tools built successfully. OK, will add it. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism because they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett
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