Closed matte21 closed 5 months ago
The Linux kernel or this project?
Only the CoreFreq project is built
Because kernel is consuming one of the 3 PMU fixed counters within Intel hardware, nmi_watchdog=0
prevents it to do so, and let the counter free to the usage of other agents.
However, since my initial R&D I have switched to the two recommended APERF/MPERF counters for measurement purposes.
Thus it should be no more required to disable nmi_watchdog.
You simply build with make
without any other arguments.
Is the answer ok for you ?
Yes, thank you so much for the reply.
Hello, sorry if it's an obvious question, I'm inexperienced with the Linux kernel.
In the README, the prerequisites section "a - intel only" states:
Regarding the last sentence/command (i.e.
make
), what is being built? The Linux kernel or this project?