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Message-ID: <20090617105725.GS18016@erda.amd.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:57:26 +0200
From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/16] x86/oprofile: add module parameter option to
force a core 2 cpu
On 16.06.09 13:15:40, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
>
> The current userland does not yet fully support all cpu types
> implemented in the kernel. With the module parameter:
>
> oprofile.cpu_type=core_2
>
> the kernel reports a core_2 cpu to the userland on an Intel system and
> thus makes oprofile usable with current distros.
>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
> ---
> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 ++-
> arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Jeremy,
I dropped this patch. See this thread:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/5/6/234
Does your patch series depends on this?
-Robert
--
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center
email: robert.richter@....com
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