| Operating System |
Processor |
Driver |
Notes |
| AIX 5.x |
IBM POWER5, POWER6 |
bos.pmapi |
xlc 6+ |
| AIX 6.x |
IBM POWER7 |
bos.pmapi |
under development |
| Cray Linux Environment 2.x, 3.x |
Cray XT{3 - 6}, XE{5, 6} |
none |
|
| Compute Node Kernel |
IBM Blue Gene P |
none |
|
| FreeBSD |
x86, x86_64 (Intel, AMD) |
HWPMC driver |
|
| Linux |
x86, x86_64 (Intel, AMD) |
PerfCtr 2.6.x |
kernel 2.6.x |
| |
x86, x86_64 (Intel, AMD) |
Perfmon2 |
kernel 2.6.30 and below |
| |
x86, x86_64 (Intel, AMD), ARM, MIPS |
perf_events |
kernel 2.6.32 and above |
| |
Intel Itanium II, Montecito, Montvale |
none |
|
| |
|
Perfmon2 |
Linux 2.6.30 and below |
| |
IBM POWER4, 5, 6, 7 |
PerfCtr 2.7.x |
|
| |
|
perf_events |
kernel 2.6.32 and above |
| |
IBM PowerPC970, 970MP |
PerfCtr 2.7.x |
|
| Solaris 8, 9 |
UltraSparc I, II & III |
none |
|
| Solaris 10 |
Niagara 2 |
none |
|
Further details on linux platform support can be found on the excellent web page maintained by Vince Weaver and found here.
