#7453 NORM 8.2.0 (: Need to bring in sysprof userland packages

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#7453: Need to bring in sysprof userland packages
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   Reporter:  tomeu      |       Owner:  tomeu               
       Type:  defect     |      Status:  new                 
   Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
  Component:  kernel     |     Version:  Update.1            
 Resolution:             |    Keywords:  8.2.0:?             
Next_action:  never set  |    Verified:  0                   
  Blockedby:             |    Blocking:                      
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Comment(by tomeu):

 Oh, true, the sysprof module is there, only not in the place where the
 program looks.

 For using sysprof I had to:

  - install sysprof-1.0.9-4.fc9
  - move sysprof-module from /lib/modules/<version>/kernel/drivers/sysprof
 to /lib/modules/<version>/extra
  - install the needed debuginfo packages

 I use to run sysprof remotely on my regular machine, and the cpu overhead
 is quite small. Also, one year ago we profiled X and it worked quite well,
 we didn't needed to rebuild it, just installing the X debuginfo packages
 was enough.

 There's one branch in sysprof's repo with a collector utility, so you
 don't have to run the GUI while running the test, but for now, I'm quite
 happy with it as-is.

 Also agree with cjb in that we don't need the sysprof rpm in the builds,
 installing it with yum works just fine. From my POV, this can be closed as
 worksforme.

 Thanks!

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