linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] add X86_FEATURE

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Date:	Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:28:32 -0700
From:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@....hp.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add X86_FEATURE_PEBS and detection

On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 12:09:19PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Friday 06 October 2006 11:10, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Here is a patch (used by perfmon2) to detect the presence of the
> > Precise Event Based Sampling (PEBS) feature for Intel 64-bit processors.
> > The patch also adds the cpu_has_pebs macro.
> > 
> > IMPORTANT: you need to have the X86_FEATURE_DS renaming patch applied first!
> 
> Added both thanks. I suppose similar i386 patches will be needed too.
> 
Yes (take 32-bit P4 for instance), I submitted them to LML already.

> If you have patches that depend on each other please number
> them in the future.
> 

Ok.

-- 
-Stephane
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