Additional Resources

This chapter only highlights OProfile and how to configure and use it. To learn more, refer to the following resources.

Installed Docs

/usr/share/doc/oprofile-<version>/oprofile.html - OProfile Manual

oprofile man page - Discusses opcontrol, opreport, opannotate, and ophelp

Useful Websites

http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/ - Contains the latest documentation, mailing lists, IRC channels, and more.

Part VI. Kernel and Driver Configuration

System administrators can learn about and customize their kernels. Community Enterprise Linux contains kernel tools to assist administrators with their customizations.

Table of Contents

Manually Upgrading the Kernel

Overview of Kernel Packages

Preparing to Upgrade

Downloading the Upgraded Kernel

Performing the Upgrade

Verifying the Initial RAM Disk Image

Verifying the Boot Loader

x86 Systems
Itanium Systems
IBM S/390 and IBM System z Systems
IBM eServer iSeries Systems
IBM eServer pSeries Systems

General Parameters and Modules

Kernel Module Utilities

Persistent Module Loading

Specifying Module Parameters

Storage parameters

Ethernet Parameters

Using Multiple Ethernet Cards
The Channel Bonding Module

Additional Resources

Installed Documentation
Useful Websites

The kdump Crash Recovery Service

Configuring the kdump Service

Configuring the kdump at First Boot
Using the Kernel Dump Configuration Utility
Configuring kdump on the Command Line
Testing the Configuration

Analyzing the Core Dump

Displaying the Message Buffer
Displaying a Backtrace
Displaying a Process Status
Displaying Virtual Memory Information
Displaying Open Files

Additional Resources

Installed Documentation
Useful Websites