linux-kernel - Re: Fwd: Re: [2.6.24 patch] restore ARMv6 OProfile support

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0801151051120.2806@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:52:39 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
cc:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	Adrian Bunk <adrian.bunk@...ial.fi>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, phil.el@...adoo.fr,
	oprofile-list@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [2.6.24 patch] restore ARMv6 OProfile support



On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> 
> Well, it goes along the lines of the patch I suggested as a reply to
> Adrian, with these differences :
> 
> - I still source the kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation file.
> - I put back the missing OPROFILE options directly in arch/arm/Kconfig
> 
> Then end result is the same as your patch, but without the code
> duplication.

No it's not.

Now the config variables may all be there, but the UI for the *menu* 
system is broken (ie all the ARM profiling config options are now outside 
the profiling menu).

Is that menu really needed? I dunno. But since it exists, it should be 
correct.

		Linus
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