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Message-Id: <200706252136.18366.ak@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:36:17 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>,
eranian@....hp.com, mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
levon@...ementarian.org, perfmon@...ali.hpl.hp.com,
oprofile-list@...ts.sourceforge.net, wcohen@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Always probe the NMI watchdog
On Monday 25 June 2007 21:09, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:34:48 +0200
>
> Bj__rn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de> wrote:
> > The performance counter allocator relies on the nmi watchdog being
> > probed, so we have to do that even if the watchdog is not enabled.
>
> So... what's the status of this lot?
>
> I've just merged this patch and the second one:
>
> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Reserve the right performance counter for the Intel
> PerfMon NMI watchdog Message-ID: <20070620183551.GC3251@...ola.homenet>
>
> but there was no followup discussion afaict.
>
> Andi, Stephane: acks?
Yes, although I'm still a little uneasy about the always probe one.
> If acked, do we agree that this is 2.6.22 material?
The first (always probe) is probably .22 material, but needs more testing
first.
-Andi
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