linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.24 patch] restore Cell OProfile support

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Message-ID: <20071228193008.GB23157@Krystal>
Date:	Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:30:08 -0500
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
To:	Adrian Bunk <adrian.bunk@...ial.fi>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, phil.el@...adoo.fr,
	paulus@...ba.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	oprofile-list@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.24 patch] restore Cell OProfile support

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

Same here : why isn't this on by default when SPU_FS and OPROFILE are
enabled ?

> ---
> 
>  kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation |    8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> 6d1446d35d367fdbdd2a0a29e0d156646ff40630 
> diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation b/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
> index a76635d..9d143e6 100644
> --- a/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
> +++ b/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
> @@ -53,2 +53,10 @@ config HARDWARE_PM
>  
> +config OPROFILE_CELL
> +	bool "OProfile for Cell Broadband Engine"
> +	depends on PPC && (SPU_FS = y && OPROFILE = m) || (SPU_FS = y && OPROFILE = y) 
> +	default y
> +	help
> +	  Profiling of Cell BE SPUs requires special support enabled
> +	  by this option.
> +
>  config KPROBES
> 

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Mathieu Desnoyers
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