Bug#139475: RFP: oprofile -- OProfile is a system-wide profiler for Linux x86 systems, capable of profiling all running code at low overhead.
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 12:14:21PM +0100, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
> I was looking at packaging this, it's very useful! I might do it unless
> someone else beats me to it (note I haven't retitled the :ug yet)
I think that it could be a very important free software tool, but I probably
wouldn't use it very often, hence the RFP instead of an ITP.
> >> Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> writes:
>
> > No special recompilations, wrapper libraries or the like are necessary.
>
> Only a kernel module... piece of cake, right?
Heh...agreed, a kernel module is tricky compared to recompilation or wrapper
libraries, but tame compared to a full-fledged kernel patch.
> > Performance counter support
>
> I was figuring that one out wrt to portability to other architectures.
Which other architectures support a similar counter that could be used for
profiling?
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- mdz
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