linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] Cavium ThunderX uncore PMU support

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Message-ID: <20160212170056.GC20262@leverpostej>
Date:	Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:00:57 +0000
From:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:	Jan Glauber <jglauber@...ium.com>
Cc:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] Cavium ThunderX uncore PMU support

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 05:55:05PM +0100, Jan Glauber wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> this patch series provides access to various counters on the ThunderX SOC.
> 
> For details of the implementation see patch #1.
> 
> Patches #2-7 add ther various ThunderX specific PMUs.
> 
> I did not want to put these file into arch/arm64/kernel so I added a
> "uncore" directory. Maybe this should be put somewhere under drivers/
> instead.

This is probably better suited to drivers/perf/, or drivers/bus/ (where
CCN and CCI perf drivers live).

Mark.