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I am trying to install permon2 (pfmon-3.4)in my system .
I'm using the kernel 2.6.26 , processor pentium 4 HT.
But while tryimg to install i m getting the following error .. Pls help me
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/pfmon-3.4/pfmon'
gcc -ggdb -g -Wall -Werror -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/local/include -DPFMON_DEBUG -DDAT ADIR=\"/usr/local/share/pfmon\" -I. -I/usr/include/libelf -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONFIG _PFMON_I386 -DPFMON_DEBUG -g -c pfmon_i386_p6.c
pfmon_i386_p6.c:322: error: ‘PFMLIB_INTEL_PII_PMU’ undeclared here (not in a fun ction)
pfmon_i386_p6.c:341: error: ‘PFMLIB_INTEL_PPRO_PMU’ undeclared here (not in a fu nction)
make[1]: *** [pfmon_i386_p6.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/pfmon-3.4/pfmon'
make: *** [all] Error 2
Vanilla 2.6.26 doesn't include perfmon2 - it needs to be patched. Some distros (RHEL maybe ???) may have the support in there for you, I don't know.
I had downloaded the patches (for 2.6.25 as it happens) but hadn't done anything with them. Applying the patch adds perfmon2.txt to the source tree under ../Documentation - easy way to check if the patch is on. For the config, there are several options for the different architectures - P4 amongst them; try grep'ing the config for "perfm".
I'm just re-building the kernel now; hopefully I'll be in a position to test all this tomorrow.
Later: everything built o.k. for me. To check for perfmon2, see if /sys/kernel/perfmon exists or not.
Seems to work as advertised (quick test only). You need to get the right levels of all the software - but that shouldn't affect the build, rather execution later.
Runs on my old (quad) P III Xeon machine, so your P4 should be o.k.
There is a GUI front-end for pfmon from one of the guys at CERN - look for gpfmon.
But the problem is still not fixed .
I ll list what i've done so far. I patched the 2.6.26 kernel with perfmon2 patch(and as u
mentioned the Documentaion contains perfmon2.txt ) , installed libpfm ,
and afetr dat i m trying to install pfmon-3.5 . But getting the same error
May be i m embarrassed .. but i m absolutely new to linux ...
UPDATE: Sorry to post it so late. I just missed it.
Solved the problem by commenting the lines which gave me error in the source. I m using pentium 4.Some error was coming agian with something related with AMD. I commented some lines which contained the AMD processor specifications also. Just tried it blindly. May be a wrong way to do, but it worked for me
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