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Bug#664834: linux-tools: please build perf utils on Alpha.



On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 16:03:14 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> On Wed, 2012-03-21 at 16:00 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-03-21 at 20:23 +1300, Michael Cree wrote:
> > > 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.
> 
> It's already listed in the control file, so I'm confused as to what you
> want changed.
> 
According to
http://buildd.debian-ports.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=linux-tools&arch=alpha&ver=3.2.7-2&stamp=1332238234
the linux-tools-3.2 package that gets built is empty (except for
copyright and changelog).

Cheers,
Julien

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