linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Fixup for removing -f option in perf record

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Date:	Fri, 28 Jun 2013 08:17:08 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
CC:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Fixup for removing -f option in perf record

On 6/28/13 3:47 AM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>>> I thought -f was the implied default for ages?
>>
>> OK.. I've been dutifully typing it all this while :-)
>
> The '-f' option in record command had no affect.. myabe it got
> depreceated when we started to backup perf.data to perf.data.old..?

Way back in 2010, 2.6.34 kernel - 7865e817 commit. I've been typing the 
-f for while too. Now about the need for the pesky -f on the analysis 
side....

David
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