linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/3] AMD Family10h+ IBS support for oProfile driver: Setup routines

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Message-ID: <6096959DEF5C9447A6BF80BDC7EB9EDC08650A67@SBOSEXMB1.amd.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:29:29 -0400
From:	"Kasindorf, Barry" <Barry.Kasindorf@....com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>, "Pavel Machek" <pavel@...e.cz>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/3] AMD Family10h+ IBS support for oProfile driver: Setup routines

Yes,
This is visible to userspace. The corresponding changes to the usermode
code have been sent to the oProfile list. The confusion is that it is
not AMD Family 10 but it is Family 16(10h). This can be confusing so we
changed it.
-Barry

-----Original Message-----
From: Andi Kleen [mailto:andi@...stfloor.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:08 AM
To: Pavel Machek
Cc: Kasindorf, Barry; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] AMD Family10h+ IBS support for oProfile driver:
Setup routines

Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> writes:

> Hi!
>
>> This patchset supports the new profiling hardware available in the
latest AMD CPUs in the oProfile driver.
>
>> @@ -419,9 +454,15 @@ int __init op_nmi_init(struct
oprofile_operations *ops)
>>  			break;
>>  		case 0x10:
>>  			model = &op_athlon_spec;
>> -			cpu_type = "x86-64/family10";
>> +			cpu_type = "x86-64/family10h";
>> +			break;
>
> Is this string visible to userspace?

Yes it is.

-Andi


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