linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 27/30] perf build: adding X86 auxiliary specific flags

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Message-ID: <5624C88E.7060200@intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Oct 2015 13:40:14 +0300
From:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, acme@...nel.org,
	mingo@...hat.com, corbet@....net, nicolas.pitre@...aro.org
Cc:	zhang.chunyan@...aro.org, mike.leach@....com, tor@...com,
	al.grant@....com, pawel.moll@....com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 27/30] perf build: adding X86 auxiliary specific flags

On 18/10/15 21:24, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> Adding an X86 specific flag to split AUX components that are
> generic and specific to architectures.  That way the auxiliary
> area mechanic can be compiled in for other architecture without
> including X86 specific code.

The idea is that you *should* be able to take a perf.data file from one
architecture and process it on another architecture.

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