[CentOS] measuring kernel speed

On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 21:46 -0400, Ross Walker wrote:
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 7:38 PM, JohnS <jses27 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 16:17 -0400, Ross Walker wrote:
> >> On May 8, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Mag Gam <magawake at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > At our Physics research labs we do a lot with low latency networks. We
> >> > have been using Centos for over 3 years now and its been great! We
> >> > would like to tune and optimize our setup by removing unneeded
> >> > packages -- kernel modules to be specific. I was wondering, how does
> >> > one measure the speed of the kernel. Is that even possible?
> >>
> >> Use oprofile.
> >>
> >> -Ross
> > ---
> > Ross, never mind I just yummed it onto a machine there faq is inheritly
> > wrong.
> 
> The FAQ is only correct in respect to the project's view.
> 
> Redhat has a custom oprofile that works with their custom kernels, so
> stock oprofile from the project's site IS incompatible, but that's OK
> cause RH provides one that works with their distro.
> 
> -Ross
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Correct as i found out.

John