[maemo-developers] Hardware performance counters

[From: Siarhei Siamashka]

On 3 March 2008, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Vinod Hegde <vinod.hegde.c at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > How do I access the hardware performance counters available in OMAP2420.
> > what are the header files that contain the implementation.
> > I tried lots to figure out but in vein. thanks for any help....
>
> Use oprofile, or see how they do it.
>
> http://blog.gustavobarbieri.com.br/2007/05/22/oprofile-and-maemo-n800/
>
> it's outdated, so you need to do your own kernel modules.

Up to date instructions are here, it is really easy to install:
http://maemo.org/development/tools/doc/oprofile/