PERFMON isn't operational on amd64
John Baldwin
jhb at freebsd.org
Tue Jul 27 14:16:28 UTC 2010
On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:43:00 am pluknet wrote:
> Hi.
>
> What is a status of "options PERFMON" on amd64?
> AFAIK PERFMON opt. was inherited from i386 port and never worked.
> Does it make sense to wipe out perfmon part on amd64?
>
> buildkernel with PERFMON on results in error:
> /usr/src/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c:124:29: error: machine/perfmon.h:
> No such file or directory
> mkdep: compile failed
> *** Error code 1
>
> Looking at cvs I see amd64/include/perfmon.h was never here.
PERFMON in general is obsoleted by hwpmc(4) which is far more useful and
featureful. It should probably just be axed.
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John Baldwin
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