Re: [PATCH 01/16] x86/oprofile: add module parameter option toforce a core 2 cpu

[Robert Richter]

On 16.06.09 13:15:40, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx>
> 
> The current userland does not yet fully support all cpu types
> implemented in the kernel. With the module parameter:
> 
>  oprofile.cpu_type=core_2
> 
> the kernel reports a core_2 cpu to the userland on an Intel system and
> thus makes oprofile usable with current distros.
> 
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    3 ++-
>  arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c         |   17 ++++++++++++++---
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Jeremy,

I dropped this patch. See this thread:

 http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/5/6/234

Does your patch series depends on this?

-Robert

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center
email: robert.richter@xxxxxxx

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