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[1/3] Add Perf tools support

Message ID CAPDLWs8Qt07H1Y+ECrJjUMUHWhNd=tP__yFwNLkPA78n86E2HA@mail.gmail.com
State Superseded
Commit 209760
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Kaiwan N Billimoria Jan. 3, 2013, 7:50 a.m. UTC 
Signed-off-by: Kaiwan Billimoria <kaiwan.billimoria@gmail.com>
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 linux/Config.in |   11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

 source "linux/Config.ext.in"
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diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
index 9ebe0c9..cb52ecf 100644
--- a/linux/Config.in
+++ b/linux/Config.in
@@ -284,6 +284,17 @@  config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET
 	  /boot in the target root filesystem, as is typically done on
 	  x86/x86_64 systems.

+config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USERMODE_TOOLS_PERF
+	bool "perf"
+	help
+	  perf (aka "Perf Events" or perf tools, originally "Performance Counters
+	  for Linux") - is a performance analyzing tool in Linux. The user-space
+	  controlling utility, called 'perf' has a git-like interface with
subcommands.
+	  It is capable of statistical profiling of entire system (both kernel and
+	  user code), single CPU or severals threads.
+
+	  https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page
+

 # Linux extensions