Re: [Xen-devel] Status of hardware performance counters in Xen

[Viren Kumar <virenk@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Muhammad,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, it definitely doesn't seem like the hardware 
counters are going to be accessible any time soon :)

Cheers,
Viren


On June 12, 2008 06:34:52 you wrote:
> AFAIK nope.
> I am also looking for a nice way to get hold of performance counters in
> Xen, but seems like its not making on to top of priority queue, perhaps one
> of us should try it or we can collaborate. :) So, still the way to go is
> oprofile (xenoprofile).
>
>
>  Best Regards,
> Muhammad Atif
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Viren Kumar <virenk@xxxxxxx>
> To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 9:41:42 AM
> Subject: [Xen-devel] Status of hardware performance counters in Xen
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm wondering what the current status of hardware performance counter
> usability in Xen is. I see some old posts describing the diffculties of
> virtualizing hardware counters within dom0 and the domUs, but not much
> else.
>
> Have they been implemented or are they in the process of being implemented?
> Or are there no future plans for implementation? Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> My platform would be Xen with Solaris x86 as the dom0 (xVM) and Solaris or
> Linux as the domUs.
>
> Thanks,
> Viren
>
>
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