Re: Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every Debian kernel

2023-01-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2023-01-09 at 17:32 -0800, Ian Rogers wrote: [...] > Thanks again Ben! With the releases, the plan is to follow the kernel > releases? We could potentially be more aggressive with the perf tool > given its backward compatibility. That would benefit people using > older kernels who want the

Re: Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every Debian kernel

2023-01-09 Thread Ian Rogers
On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 11:15 AM Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Thu, 2022-12-22 at 17:43 -0800, Ian Rogers wrote: > [...] > > I had a few things to ask wrt this thread and getting the best > > possible Debian experience: > > - in Linux 6.2 the libtraceevent will need to become an external > > librar

Re: Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every Debian kernel

2022-12-26 Thread Moessbauer, Felix
On Sun, 2022-12-25 at 03:51 -0800, Andi Kleen wrote: > Ian Rogers writes: > > > So I wanted to say a BIG thanks to Ben as I see in the 5.16 > > changelog > > that the perf wrapper script for Debian is now gone! As already said: Thank you Ben! > > > > https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/cha

Re: Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every Debian kernel

2022-12-26 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2022-12-22 at 17:43 -0800, Ian Rogers wrote: [...] > I had a few things to ask wrt this thread and getting the best > possible Debian experience: > - in Linux 6.2 the libtraceevent will need to become an external > library dependency This shouldn't be a problem; it's already packaged sepa

Re: Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every Debian kernel

2022-12-25 Thread Andi Kleen
Ian Rogers writes: > So I wanted to say a BIG thanks to Ben as I see in the 5.16 changelog > that the perf wrapper script for Debian is now gone! > https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/l/linux/linux_6.1~rc8-1~exp1_changelog Halleluja! This wrapper literally is the singlest big

Re: Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every Debian kernel

2022-12-22 Thread Ian Rogers
So I wanted to say a BIG thanks to Ben as I see in the 5.16 changelog that the perf wrapper script for Debian is now gone! https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/l/linux/linux_6.1~rc8-1~exp1_changelog ``` linux (5.16.3-1~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium ... * linux-perf: Build

Re: Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every Debian kernel

2022-01-10 Thread Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Em Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 12:54:31AM +0100, Ben Hutchings escreveu: > On Sun, 2021-11-21 at 18:18 -0800, Ian Rogers wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'd love to package Linux perf as per Arnaldo's prepared tarball for > > Debian. If I could get help on the Debian side it would be great! The > > actions that a

Re: Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every Debian kernel

2022-01-09 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2021-11-12 at 11:39 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > Em Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 10:34:33PM -0800, Ian Rogers escreveu: > > Hi, > > > Debian currently tries to match the Linux perf tool to the version of > > the kernel that it is being run upon. Reaching out to Ben Hutchings, > > he e

Re: Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every Debian kernel

2022-01-09 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2021-11-21 at 18:18 -0800, Ian Rogers wrote: > Hi, > > I'd love to package Linux perf as per Arnaldo's prepared tarball for > Debian. If I could get help on the Debian side it would be great! The > actions that are needed are: > > 1) package Arnaldo's tarball for Debian, presumably the bu

RE: Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every Debian kernel

2021-11-22 Thread Moessbauer, Felix
: Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every > Debian > kernel > > Hi, > > I'd love to package Linux perf as per Arnaldo's prepared tarball for Debian. > If I > could get help on the Debian side it would be great! The actions that are > needed &g

Re: Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every Debian kernel

2021-11-21 Thread Ian Rogers
Hi, I'd love to package Linux perf as per Arnaldo's prepared tarball for Debian. If I could get help on the Debian side it would be great! The actions that are needed are: 1) package Arnaldo's tarball for Debian, presumably the build in the sources for linux-perf-5.10 will be a good starting poin

Re: Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every Debian kernel

2021-11-12 Thread Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Em Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 10:34:33PM -0800, Ian Rogers escreveu: > Hi, > Debian currently tries to match the Linux perf tool to the version of > the kernel that it is being run upon. Reaching out to Ben Hutchings, > he explained to me that this was done back in 2010 due to kernel and > Linux perf i

Getting the latest and greatest Linux perf features on every Debian kernel

2021-11-11 Thread Ian Rogers
Hi, Debian currently tries to match the Linux perf tool to the version of the kernel that it is being run upon. Reaching out to Ben Hutchings, he explained to me that this was done back in 2010 due to kernel and Linux perf incompatibilities. This was likely the case, but it was a bug in the Linux