> > 2.6.1-ben1 from Jan 15 doesn't show this, for me. Did you compile PMU > > support into the kernel? > > > Yep... At least I have a /dev/pmu. I'll look at it ASAP and send you some > more info.
/dev/pmu (by devfsd or plain old /dev directory) may be present regardless of kernel pmu support. But you should have seen an error before setting the O_NONBLOCK flag, upon opening the file, if there wasn't PMU support in the kernel. Anything else running that might already have /dev/pmu open? Michael