Re: [Mesa3d-users] Re: Mesa3D 4.0.1 performance

[Taura M. <le...@fu...>]

On 2002.03.11 15:15 Keith Whitwell wrote:
> Taura Milana wrote:
> > 
> > On 2002.03.11 03:28 Keith Whitwell wrote:
> > 
> > > > I managed to compile the latest version of oprofile, but I'm unable
> > > > to load it:
> > > >
> > > > # modprobe oprofile
> > > > /lib/modules/2.2.15/oprofile/oprofile.o: init_module: Device or
> > > resource
> > > > busy
> > > > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
> > > including
> > > > invalid IO or IRQ parameters
> > > > /lib/modules/2.2.15/oprofile/oprofile.o: insmod
> > > > /lib/modules/2.2.15/oprofile/oprofile.o failed
> > > > /lib/modules/2.2.15/oprofile/oprofile.o: insmod oprofile failed
> > > >
> > > > I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with this, can you walk me through it?
> > >
> > > I've never had to install the module by hand: oprof_start brings up a
> gui
> > > that
> > > handles starting/stopping profiling, then I use something like
> > >
> > > oprofpp -c 0 -l /home/keithw/lib/libGL.so | tail -20
> > >
> > > to get the worst offenders.
> > >
> > > Have a look at the help files in the tarball or on the website for
> more
> > > info.
> > 
> > I read all the html documents that came with oprofile, but I
> > could not get things started.
> > 
> > I tried to run the command you suggested and got the error:
> > 
> > oprofpp: Opening /var/opd/samples/}usr}lib}libGL.so#0 failed. No such
> file
> > or directory
> 
> it's probably something like libGL.so.1.3.040000 -- have a look at what
> the
> symlinks resolve to.

Hi,

I also tried spcifying the exact location, but still got the same
error.

oprofpp: Opening /var/opd/samples/}usr}lib}libGL.so.1.3.401#0 failed. No
such file or directory


> Also, make sure you're doing the 'dump' operation.

I read that in the documentation but I'm not sure what that
is or how to achieve that? Can you give me an idea on
what you'd like me to do step by step?  I'm not very
fluent in the use of oprofile.

> What application are you looking at?
> 

Vertex and ShipWars3D.

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