[kernel] 'perf' utility and other utils from kernel sources

Elan Ruusamäe glen at pld-linux.org
Tue Nov 13 12:30:02 CET 2012


On 13.11.2012 13:25, Jacek Konieczny wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have just found this:
> http://serverfault.com/questions/448125/linux-finding-the-system-processes-which-are-at-the-top
> and this:
> https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Tutorial
>
> It seems the 'perf' utility may be a great tool… but I cannot find it in
> PLD. It should be probably built from kernel.spec.
>
> Another utility in kernel sources, that I find useful is gen_init_cpio.
>
> Should we build some 'kernel-tools'? Do we already have such thing?

had the same question in irc, i was more interested in cpufreq tools

--- Day changed N nov   08 2012
07:37  glen> baggins: %package tools in kernel.spec or kernel-tools.spec ?
07:37  glen> as for example linux-libc-headers we have separate .spec, 
makes sense to keep tools also separate



-- 
glen



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