[Perfctr-devel] perfctr-2.6.37 released

[Mikael P. <mi...@it...>]

Version 2.6.37 of perfctr, the Linux performance monitoring
counters kernel extension, is now available at the usual
place: http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/perfctr/2.6/

Version 2.6.37, 2008-11-30
- Preliminary support for Intel Core i7 (Nehalem) processors
  (family 6 model 26). They are currently treated like Core 2s
  but with four general-purpose counters, and with different
  events and a new symbolic CPU type. The AnyThread evntsel flag
  and "uncore" event monitoring are not yet supported.
- Updated x86 driver to recognise Xeon 7400 (family 6 model 29)
  as a member of the Core 2 family.
- Extended x86 driver's CPU initialisation on Intel Core 2 and
  newer CPUs to work around vtune leaving the performance monitor
  unit in a "very" disabled state. Thanks to Mark Krentel for
  reporting the problem and for facilitating tests that allowed
  the cause of the problem to be identified.
- Updated kernel support: 2.6.28-rc6, 2.6.18-120.el5 (RHEL5.3 beta),
  2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 (RHEL5), 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL (RHEL4).

/ Mikael Pettersson