Package: pfmon Version: 3.2.060926-2 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/pfmon pfmon fails when run on a standard debian kernel... === blitz# uname -a Linux blitz 2.6.20-1-686 #1 SMP Tue Apr 24 21:52:11 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux blitz:~# pfmon -l host kernel does not have perfmon support ===
The package documentation says that the required module is provided by 2.6 Debian kernels. /usr/share/doc/pfmon/README.Debian === Kernel Modules Required ----------------------- Your kernel must have been built with CONFIG_PERFMON set so that there will be a perfmon kernel module (note the spelling) that can be loaded when needed. For kernels prior to 2.6, this was an optional parameter. For 2.6 Debian kernels, CONFIG_PERFMON is set by default. === ... either I'm doing something wrong or the documentation needs to be revised. It appears that the PERFMON source code for x86 is not part of the standard kernel tree or debian patches (I could be looking in the wrong place). I'm hoping to see a small section added to the README.Debian file explaining where to get the debian perfmon kernel module (or explain briefly how to build a kernel with the patches applied if no debian package is available). Thanks -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.20-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages pfmon depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libelfg0 0.8.6-3 an ELF object file access library ii libpfm3-3.2 3.2.060926-2 Performance Monitor Unit (PMU) -- pfmon recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- GPG key: http://simons-clan.com/~msimons/gpg/msimons.asc Fingerprint: 524D A726 77CB 62C9 4D56 8109 E10C 249F B7FA ACBE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
