How to Install and Uninstall intel-cmt-cat.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: September 16,2024

1. Install "intel-cmt-cat.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install intel-cmt-cat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "intel-cmt-cat.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall intel-cmt-cat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the intel-cmt-cat.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

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Available Packages
Name : intel-cmt-cat
Arch : x86_64
Version : 0.1.5
Release : 2.amzn2.0.2
Size : 65 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Provides command line interface to CMT, MBM, CAT and CDP
: technologies
URL : https://github.com/01org/intel-cmt-cat
License : BSD
Description : This software package provides basic support for
: Cache Monitoring Technology (CMT), Memory Bandwidth Monitoring
: (MBM), Cache Allocation Technology (CAT) and Code Data
: Prioratization (CDP).
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: CMT, MBM and CAT are configured using Model Specific Registers
: (MSRs) to measure last level cache occupancy, set up the class of
: service masks and manage the association of the cores/logical
: threads to a class of service. The software executes in user
: space, and access to the MSRs is obtained through a standard
: Linux* interface. The virtual file system provides an interface to
: read and write the MSR registers but it requires root privileges.