JCM 05/12/2009:
1) Get specific kernel that perfmon has patch to:
e.g. perfmon-new-base-090219.tar.gz is for patching linux-2.6.28.tar.gz
2) Get patch (e.g. perfmon-new-base-090219.tar.gz)
3) Install Patch
4) Compile kernel as in compilekernel.txt
Ensure to enable PERFMON related options, including specific CPU support.
Don't enable perfmon debugging.
Setup grub to use new kernel
4.5) Install tDOM (use package manager)
4.6) Install elfutils and its devel stuff (use package manager)
4.7) Install tcl and tcllib if not already there (use package manager)
5) reboot
6) Get new NVIDIA driver and install since tied to kernel, and install it. Reload gdm (gdm-restart).
7) Install libpfm-3.8.tar.gz (easy)
8) Install pfmon-3.8.tar.gz
9) Read DOCS: http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/pfmon_usersguide.html
10) Install PAPI: papi-3.6.2.tar.gz [aprun is created]
[Should be done after kernel and pfmon (perfmon2) are installed]
[Ensure APIC on in kernel]
11) After installing PAPI, seems pfmon and libpfm changed. So reinstalled those.
Perfsuite (I recall psrun being very useful)
1) http://perfsuite.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
FAILS to install with:
/bin/sh ../../../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -lbfd -liberty -version-info 1:0:0 -o libpsbfd.la -rpath /usr/local/lib/psbfd0.2 libpsbfd_la-Bfd_control.lo libpsbfd_la-Bfd_init.lo libpsbfd_la-Bfd_inquire.lo libpsbfd_la-Bfd_lookup.lo
gcc -shared .libs/libpsbfd_la-Bfd_control.o .libs/libpsbfd_la-Bfd_init.o .libs/libpsbfd_la-Bfd_inquire.o .libs/libpsbfd_la-Bfd_lookup.o -lbfd -liberty -Wl,-soname -Wl,libpsbfd.so.1 -o .libs/libpsbfd.so.1.0.0
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../lib64/libbfd.a(bfd.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `bfd_section_hash_newfunc' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../lib64/libbfd.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[5]: *** [libpsbfd.la] Error 1
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2
# not required if have perfmon2
#2) Install perfctr (where?)
# http://sourceforge.net/projects/perfctr/
1.8.3.1
