Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] perf: Add 'perf kmem' tool

[Ingo Molnar]

* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I havent tried this - is this really possible to do on an x86 box, 
> > with a typical distro? Can i install say Fedora PowerPC debuginfo 
> > packages on an x86 box, while also having the x86 debuginfo packages 
> > there?
> 
> The best option would be to allow to specify a chroot parameter, where 
> we can specify the embedded root filesystem on out machine.
> 
> I'm not even sure embedded distros even have this separate debug 
> package crazyness, you simply build the distro with or without 
> debuginfo.

yes - we could use -R/--root (which opreport has as well), as a 
mandatory path prefix to all DSO/debuginfo searches.

	Ingo
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