x86/oprofile: add CONFIG_OPROFILE_IBS option

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: oprofile-list <oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: Barry Kasindorf <barry.kasindorf@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Robert Richter
2008-07-22 21:09:06 +02:00
committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 6aa360e6c1
commit 852402cc27
4 changed files with 47 additions and 10 deletions
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@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@ config OPROFILE
If unsure, say N.
config OPROFILE_IBS
bool "OProfile AMD IBS support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
default n
depends on OPROFILE && SMP && X86
help
Instruction-Based Sampling (IBS) is a new profiling
technique that provides rich, precise program performance
information. IBS is introduced by AMD Family10h processors
(AMD Opteron Quad-Core processor “Barcelona”) to overcome
the limitations of conventional performance counter
sampling.
If unsure, say N.
config HAVE_OPROFILE
def_bool n