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

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

On 06/17/09 03:57, Robert Richter wrote:
> 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?
>    

Confused.  I haven't done anything with oprofile or nmi lately.  I don't 
recognize the patch you're quoting.

    J
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