Thanks for the pointers. Looks like the linux/ubuntu equivalent may be 'pfmon', also not enabled in the stock kernel. I think this is the relevant project pag

Thanks for the pointers. Looks like the linux/ubuntu equivalent may be 'pfmon', also not enabled in the stock kernel. I think this is the relevant project page: http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/man/pfm_get_cycle_event.html http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/man/pfm_get_cycle_event.html