Re: [perfmon2] Upgrade to kernel 2.6.26.x
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From: Nathalie F. <nat...@la...> - 2008-09-10 11:37:46
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Yes, it does work with plain 2.6.26. The latest version of the kernel is 2.6.26.5, we have not tried the patch on that version but it is quite likely it will also not work. Cheers, Nathalie stephane eranian wrote: > [+perfmon2-list] > > Nathalie, > > Does the patch work with plain 2.6.26 or even with 2.6.26.7? > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Nathalie Furmento > <nat...@la...> wrote: > >> Hello Stephane, >> >> Sorry i was not specific enough in my first email. >> >> We are using the vanilla kernel 2.6.26.3 . Here what happens when patching >> the kernel : >> >> linux-2.6.26.3$ patch -p1 --dry-run < >> ../perfmon-new-base-080729/perfmon-2.6.26.diff >> ... >> Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] >> Apply anyway? [n] y >> Hunk #1 FAILED at 1. >> File arch/x86/pci/k8-bus_64.c is not empty after patch, as expected >> 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file >> arch/x86/pci/k8-bus_64.c.rej >> ... >> $ >> >> It looks like you are renaming/removing k8-bus_64.c which causes a conflict >> every time it is modified in the vanilla kernel. >> >> Regards, >> >> Nathalie >> >> stephane eranian wrote: >> >>> Hello Nathalie, >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Nathalie Furmento >>> <nat...@la...> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> We are using perfmon-new-base-080729.tar.gz to patch our Linux kernel. >>>> However this patch does not apply to the newest kernel 2.6.26.x. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> You need to be more precise than this for the version. Which version >>> are you exactly >>> trying to use as the base kernel? >>> >>> >>> >>>> As our applications exhibit some bugs when using the kernel 2.6.26, we >>>> need to upgrade the kernel, and we would therefore be interested to know >>>> when your kernel patch will be updated ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> I need the kernel full version number, first. >>> >>> >> |