What the difference between linux-tools virtual / generic / euclid / etc?
By Mia Morrison •
Trying to install perf (to count CPU cycles and events when I run a certain program). I used sudo apt install linux-tools
Package linux-tools is a virtual package provided by: linux-tools-oem 4.13.0.1026.30 linux-tools-gke 4.13.0.1015.17 linux-tools-gcp 4.13.0.1015.17 linux-tools-euclid 4.4.0.9027.28 linux-tools-virtual-hwe-16.04-edge 4.15.0.20.42 linux-tools-virtual-hwe-16.04 4.13.0.41.60 linux-tools-virtual 4.4.0.124.130 linux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-16.04-edge 4.15.0.20.42 linux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-16.04 4.13.0.41.60 linux-tools-lowlatency 4.4.0.124.130 linux-tools-generic-hwe-16.04-edge 4.15.0.20.42 linux-tools-generic-hwe-16.04 4.13.0.41.60 linux-tools-generic 4.4.0.124.130
You should explicitly select one to install.I guess I'll need one of the 4.4.0* to match my kernel version. But I could not find documentation about generic / virtual / euclid /low latency and the hwe flavors. What are they ? Which one will be the most compact and will provide just perf
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linux-tools are used for the kernel performance evaluation and related to the particular version of the kernel.
The kernel update policy flavours description is provided in the Ubuntu RollingLTSEnablementStack:
ga- General Availability, a standard Ubuntu kernel with the fixed versionhwe- HardWare Enablement stack, indicates an incremental rolling updates of the kernel (the versions vary in time)hwe-edge- early access to the upcoming HWE Stack, can be thought as an experimental hwe for the final testing before the global release
Ubuntu provides 2 kinds (flavours) of the kernel, the informal brief description is:
generic- standard kernel recommended for majority users, it aims to optimize overall scheduling performance in the multi-process and multi-threaded execution environments but does not provide any guarantees for the maximal scheduling delayslowlatency- specialized kernel with the near real-time execution of the processes and guaranteed limits for the maximal scheduling delays
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