From d91e554fa33b3d6ff3b5fe761e6cd12e363b01bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Barry Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:52:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] install: remove outdated instructions Remove outdated and incorrect instructions from the INSTALL.txt file. --- INSTALL.txt | 23 ----------------------- 1 file changed, 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt index fbf897d13..5cb45149a 100644 --- a/INSTALL.txt +++ b/INSTALL.txt @@ -512,29 +512,6 @@ used for anything else than the multiplexing mode, which needs the cycle count in order to work. Therefore multiplexing and the preset PAPI_TOT_CYC should be only used with caution. BEWARE OF WRONG COUNTER RESULTS! -Windows XP/2000/Server 2003 - Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon / Opteron -***************************************************************************** -Please use PAPI 3.7 (http://icl.cs.utk.edu/projects/papi/downloads/papi-3.7.2.tar.gz) - -The Windows source tree comes with Microsoft Visual Studio Version 8 projects -to build a graphical shell application, the PAPI library as a DLL, a kernel -driver to provide access to the counters, and a collection of C test programs. - -The WinPMC driver must be installed with administrator privileges. See the -winpmc.html file in the papi/win2k/winpmc directory for details on building -and installing this driver. - -The general installation instructions are irrelevant for Windows. - -Other Platforms -***************************************************************************** -PAPI can be compiled and installed on most platforms that have GNU compilers -regardless of operating system or hardware. This includes, for example, -Macintosh systems running recent versions of OSX. However, PAPI can only -provide access to the CPU hardware counters on platforms that are directly -supported. Unsupported platforms will run, buttony provide basic timing -functions, and potential access to some non-cpu components. - ***************************************************************************** CREATING AND RUNNING COMPONENTS