Re: [PATCH 20/41] perf tools: Let a user specify a PMU event without any config terms

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Wed Jul 16 2014 - 10:25:46 EST


On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 01:02:44PM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> This enables a PMU event to be specified in the form:
>
> pmu//
>
> which is effectively the same as:
>
> pmu/config=0/
>
> This patch is a precursor to defining
> default config for a PMU.

I understand the need for default config, but could you please elaborate
why do we want to parse 'pmu//' as an event string string?

thanks,
jirka
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/