latest oprofile release fails on linux >2.6.26 (i386/p6)

[Alan J. <ala...@tu...>]

This is on an EeePC 701, /proc/cpuinfo as attached.

Is this expected?  Will the next release work?

Thanks, Alan

# opcontrol --setup --no-vmlinux
cpu_type 'unset' is not valid
you should upgrade oprofile or force the use of timer mode

# opcontrol -v
opcontrol: oprofile 0.9.4 compiled on Nov 29 2008 22:44:10

# cat /dev/oprofile/cpu_type
i386/p6
# uname -r
2.6.28-rc6eeepc