Installing and using OProfile under Agstrom Distribution

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Hello,

I am a new user to the Beagle board and have just got the Angstrom
distribution up and running on the board. I would like to profile my
ARM applications (using OProfile). Can anyone tell me if the Angstrom
distribution (I have downloaded the latest release) comes with
oprofile, and if so, what I need to do to install it.

If the Angstrom build does not come with oprofile, do I download it
from sourceforge.net? If so, can anyone tell me what the build options
need to be set to for Angstrom/Beagle board combination.

Thanks in advance,
Phil

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Did you try opcontrol at command prompt ? I think oprofile is built by default.

Otherwise if you have network access on the beagleboard - try opkg update;opkg install oprofile

When I tried last using 2.6.29 omap kernels - oprofile looked to be broken. But 2.6.28 was working well.

Regards,
Pratheesh

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Hello,

I am a new user to the Beagle board and have just got the Angstrom
distribution up and running on the board. I would like to profile my
ARM applications (using OProfile). Can anyone tell me if the Angstrom
distribution (I have downloaded the latest release) comes with
oprofile, and if so, what I need to do to install it.

If the Angstrom build does not come with oprofile, do I download it
from sourceforge.net? If so, can anyone tell me what the build options
need to be set to for Angstrom/Beagle board combination.

opkg install oprofile should work if you are connected to the internet
(you may need to opkg update first)

Philip