Hi,
On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 10:14:49PM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> Hi Philipp,
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 08:31:02AM +0100, Philipp Marek wrote:
> > Package: linux-perf
> > Version: 6.1.7-1
> > Severity: minor
> > File: /usr/bin/perf
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: phil...@marek.priv.at
> >
> > I've written a trace with "perf record"; when viewing via "perf report"
> > it I zoom into a function and choose
> > Show individual samples with assembler
> >
> > But that gives me just an error message:
> >
> > sh: 1: xed: not found
> > (END)
> >
> > Sadly https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=xed
> > doesn't show any package with a binary of that name...
>
> xed is not packaged in Debian indeed, and there is no ITP or RFP. But
> see the description in
> https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/linux-perf/perf-intel-pt.1.en.html#XED
>
> Not sure if this really should be kept open as bug for linux-perf.
Since upstream 659663f0bccc ("perf: script: prefer capstone to XED")
in 6.9-c1 perf scripts would prefer capstone to XED, but that said we
do not built perf with libcapstone support.
I'm not sure we would want that.
Regards,
Salvatore
