linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.24 patch] restore blackfin HARDWARE

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Message-ID: <20071228191404.GB21353@Krystal>
Date:	Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:14:04 -0500
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
To:	Adrian Bunk <adrian.bunk@...ial.fi>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, bryan.wu@...log.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.24 patch] restore blackfin HARDWARE_PM support

* Adrian Bunk (adrian.bunk@...ial.fi) wrote:
> This patch restores the blackfin Hardware Performance Monitor Profiling 
> support that was killed by
> commit 09cadedbdc01f1a4bea1f427d4fb4642eaa19da9.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <adrian.bunk@...ial.fi>
> 

Yep, this one too must be put back, but kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
seems like the wrong spot for a blackfin-specific config option (and
this will break the instrumentation menu removal patches in -mm).

Can we put this in arch/blackfin/Kconfig instead ?

> ---
> 
>  kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation |    9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> 942996f33f81726c5edb012d61ecdad70c55884d 
> diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation b/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
> index 97c76ca..e023671 100644
> --- a/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
> +++ b/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
> @@ -44,2 +44,11 @@ config OPROFILE_MPCORE
>  
> +config HARDWARE_PM
> +	tristate "Hardware Performance Monitor Profiling"
> +	depends on BLACKFIN && PROFILING
> +	help
> +	  take use of hardware performance monitor to profiling the kernel
> +	  and application.
> +
> +	  If unsure, say N.
> +
>  config KPROBES
> 

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Mathieu Desnoyers
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