linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL 00/37] perf/core improvements and fixes

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Date:	Wed, 27 May 2015 14:45:06 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>,
	kernel-team@...com, Luigi Semenzato <semenzato@...omium.org>,
	Martin Liska <mliska@...e.cz>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	"Nam T . Nguyen" <namnguyen@...omium.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Simon Que <sque@...omium.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 00/37] perf/core improvements and fixes


* Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org> wrote:

> Adrian, can you try to address this further, please?
> 
> Something like a handholding session, so that we don't have to dig thru all the 
> csets or patch series cover letters, telling:
> 
> 1. What hardware one has to have to be able to test it
> 
> 2. First command to use
> 
> 3. What will be generated, how much space (a lot?) it will use on the
>    perf.data file, etc.
> 
> 5. What commands have to be used on this perf.data file and what to
>    expect from it.
> 
> I.e. a HOWTO that starts with a as short as possible description on how
>  to use it for the very first time, for people never exposed to Intel PT
> but that can benefit from using it.

Yeah, a HOWTO or a QuickStart file would be a good first step I suspect.

> Ingo, so I'll move these csets to a separate branch from where I can
> work with Adrian and others to then try again to resubmit, but only on a
> branch exclusively for this.
> 
> Will resubmit a perf/core branch with the remaining bits soon.

Sounds good to me!

Thanks,

	Ingo
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