linux/arch/x86/oprofile
Naga Chumbalkar 8588d10671 oprofile/x86: add comment to counter-in-use warning
Currently, oprofile fails silently on platforms where a non-OS entity
such as the system firmware "enables" and uses a performance
counter. There is a warning in the code for this case.

The warning indicates an already running counter. If oprofile doesn't
collect data, then try using a different performance counter on your
platform to monitor the desired event. Delete the counter from the
desired event by editing the

 /usr/share/oprofile/<cpu_type>/<cpu>/events

file. If the event cannot be monitored by any other counter, contact
your hardware or BIOS vendor.

Cc: Shashi Belur <shashi-kiran.belur@hp.com>
Cc: Tony Jones <tonyj@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Naga Chumbalkar <nagananda.chumbalkar@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
2010-02-26 15:14:34 +01:00
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backtrace.c perf events, x86/stacktrace: Make stack walking optional 2009-12-17 09:56:19 +01:00
init.c x86: coding style fixes to arch/x86/oprofile/init.c 2008-04-17 17:40:49 +02:00
Makefile x86/oprofile: reanaming op_model_athlon.c to op_model_amd.c 2008-07-26 11:48:14 +02:00
nmi_int.c oprofile/x86: add Xeon 7500 series support 2010-01-25 15:34:53 +01:00
nmi_timer_int.c x86: coding style fixes to arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c 2008-04-17 17:40:50 +02:00
op_counter.h oprofile: Implement performance counter multiplexing 2009-07-20 16:33:53 +02:00
op_model_amd.c oprofile/x86: warn user if a counter is already active 2010-02-26 15:14:03 +01:00
op_model_p4.c x86/oprofile: Modify initialization of num_virt_counters 2009-07-20 16:43:21 +02:00
op_model_ppro.c oprofile/x86: warn user if a counter is already active 2010-02-26 15:14:03 +01:00
op_x86_model.h oprofile/x86: add comment to counter-in-use warning 2010-02-26 15:14:34 +01:00