[debbugs-tracker] bug#31226: closed ([PATCH] gnu: Add libpfm4.)

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> [PATCH] gnu: Add libpfm4.
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> Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:30:57 +0200
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> * gnu/packageslinux.scm (libpfm4): New variable.
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>  gnu/packages/linux.scm | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
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> diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
> index c09e0474a..725f90780 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
> @@ -4596,3 +4596,44 @@ emulates the behaviour of Gunnar Monell's older fbgrab 
> utility.")
>  restriction, permission handling and more.  This package provides userspace
>  interface to this kernel feature.")
>      (license license:lgpl2.1)))
> +
> +(define-public libpfm4
> +  (package
> +    (name "libpfm4")
> +    (version "4.9.0")
> +    (source (origin
> +              (method url-fetch)
> +              (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/perfmon2/"
> +                                  name "/libpfm-" version ".tar.gz"))
> +              (sha256
> +               (base32
> +                "1qp4g4n6dw42p2w5rkwzdb7ynk8h7g5vg01ybpmvxncgwa7bw3yv"))))
> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> +    (arguments
> +     '(#:modules ((guix build utils)
> +                  (guix build gnu-build-system))
> +       #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +                  (delete 'configure)
> +                  (delete 'check)
> +                  (replace 'build
> +                    (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> +                      (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
> +                        (setenv "CC" "gcc")
> +                        (invoke "make")
> +                        #t)))
> +                  (replace 'install
> +                    (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> +                      (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
> +                        (invoke "make"
> +                                (string-append "PREFIX=" out)
> +                                "install")
> +                        #t))))))
> +    (synopsis "Performance events monitoring library for Linux perf_events")
> +    (description
> +     "This package is a user library called libpfm4 to help setup performance
> +events for use with the perf_events Linux kernel interface.
> +
> +This is a complete rewrite of libpfm3 and it is NOT backward compatible
> +with it.")
> +    (home-page "http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/";)
> +    (license license:expat)))
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> Rouby Pierre-Antoine <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > * gnu/packageslinux.scm (libpfm4): New variable.
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> Applied with the following changes based on their README.
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> Thank you!
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> Ludo’.
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> diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
> index b6d00c853..4d2446317 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
> @@ -4712,12 +4712,18 @@ high-speed networking devices.")
>                                  (string-append "PREFIX=" out)
>                                  "install")
>                          #t))))))
> -    (synopsis "Performance events monitoring library for Linux perf_events")
> +    (synopsis "Performance event monitoring library")
>      (description
> -     "This package is a user library called libpfm4 to help setup performance
> -events for use with the perf_events Linux kernel interface.
> +     "This package provides a library called libpfm4, which is used to develop
> +monitoring tools exploiting the performance monitoring events such as those
> +provided by the Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) of modern processors.
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> -This is a complete rewrite of libpfm3 and it is NOT backward compatible
> -with it.")
> +Libpfm4 helps convert from an event name, expressed as a string, to the event
> +encoding that is either the raw event as documented by the hardware vendor or
> +the OS-specific encoding.  In the latter case, the library is able to prepare
> +the OS-specific data structures needed by the kernel to setup the event.
> +
> +libpfm4 provides support for the @code{perf_events} interface, which was
> +introduced in Linux 2.6.31.")
>      (home-page "http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/";)
>      (license license:expat)))
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