linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] perf tools: Make Power7 events available for perf

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Message-ID: <20130704125700.GM18898@dyad.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Thu, 4 Jul 2013 14:57:00 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>
Cc:	Vince Weaver <vince@...ter.net>,
	Runzhen Wang <runzhen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	paulus@...ba.org, acme@...hat.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	vincent.weaver@...ne.edu, Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] perf tools: Make Power7 events available for perf

On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 10:52:18PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> I don't think it even needs libpfm4, just some csv files in tools/perf
> would do the trick.

Right; I think Stephane and Jiri are in favour of creating a 'new' project that
includes just the event definitions in a plain text format and a little library
with parser to be used by all interested parties.

Its just not something that's moving along at any pace at all atm :/
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