linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] perf build: Require libtraceevent from the system

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Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:33:02 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...gle.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Linux Trace Devel <linux-trace-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] perf build: Require libtraceevent from the
 system

On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 12:02:38 -0300
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org> wrote:

> yeah, this probably should work like with other libraries, don't stop
> the build, just don't build features that depend on libtraceevent,
> warning the user that features foo, bar and baz won't be available.
> 
> For people working with just hardware, software, cache events, no
> problem.

How are software events parsed?

-- Steve