Re: [PATCH] perf vendor events: Remove 'type' field from mapfiles

[John Garry]

On 26/02/2021 15:47, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 09:08:17PM +0800, John Garry wrote:
> > Included for each CPU entry in the per-arch mapfile.csv file is a 'type'
> > field.
> I don't like it because this will make the mapfile incompatible with
> what download.01.org uses. We originally derived it from that.

I assumed that it was this file:
https://download.01.org/perfmon/mapfile.csv

which already has a different format - extra columns - so figured that 
some handcrafting was already going on. Indeed 'type' is not always 
'core' there.

>
> It would be ok if it fixed something serious, but as it seems to be
> more cosmetic I don't think there's a good reason to devivate.
>

If you're against that, then ok; I suppose jevents handling could still 
be removed, but I'm not enthused.

Thanks,
John