[PATCH 0/2] build the kernel tools -- perf

[Tim Gardner]

On 03/04/2010 06:35 AM, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> The kernel now includes kernel version locked tools, to start with the
> perf tool.  These tools necessarily must be build in combination with the
> kernel binaries.  This means that we will have more than one installed
> at any one time, and we need to select the correct one at run time.
>
> To this end we add the perf binary itself to the linus-image package
> installed to /usr/bin/perf_<version>  (/usr/bin/perf_2.6.32-15-generic).
> We also add a new linux-tools package which is architecture independant
> to carry a perf shell script which selects the appropriate binary based
> on the running kernel.  Additionally as manual pages cannot be versioned
> we include the manual pages in the linux-tools package, so we at least
> have the latest manuals available.
>
> -apw
>
> Andy Whitcroft (2):
>    UBUNTU: perf -- build the kernel carried tools
>    UBUNTU: perf -- add linux-tools carrying the version switches and
>      manuals
>
>   debian.master/control.d/flavour-control.stub |    2 +-
>   debian.master/control.stub.in                |   12 +++++++++++-
>   debian/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk              |    7 +++++++
>   debian/rules.d/1-maintainer.mk               |    1 +
>   debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk              |   17 +++++++++++++++++
>   debian/rules.d/3-binary-indep.mk             |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   debian/tools/perf                            |    2 ++
>   7 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 debian/tools/perf
>
>

Looks good.

-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com