Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751274AbbBKAUL (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:20:11 -0500 Received: from mail-bl2on0102.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([65.55.169.102]:16736 "EHLO na01-bl2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750808AbbBKAUI (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:20:08 -0500 Message-ID: <1423613998.2713.16.camel@aoeu.buserror.net> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf/e6500: Make event translations available in sysfs From: Scott Wood To: Andi Kleen CC: Ingo Molnar , Tom Huynh , "Peter Zijlstra" , , , , , "Jiri Olsa" , Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:19:58 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20150209204019.GA13991@two.firstfloor.org> References: <1423262636-12053-1-git-send-email-tom.huynh@freescale.com> <1423262636-12053-2-git-send-email-tom.huynh@freescale.com> <20150209100242.GM23123@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20150209100738.GA5461@gmail.com> <20150209121132.GB3952@krava.redhat.com> <20150209132557.GA8099@gmail.com> <20150209204019.GA13991@two.firstfloor.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.10.4-0ubuntu2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [192.88.168.49] X-ClientProxiedBy: SN2PR80CA042.lamprd80.prod.outlook.com (10.141.39.180) To BN1PR0301MB0723.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (25.160.78.142) Authentication-Results: firstfloor.org; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none; X-Microsoft-Antispam: UriScan:; X-Microsoft-Antispam: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BN1PR0301MB0723; X-Exchange-Antispam-Report-Test: UriScan:; X-Exchange-Antispam-Report-CFA-Test: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:(601004);SRVR:BN1PR0301MB0723; X-Forefront-PRVS: 0484063412 X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: SFV:NSPM;SFS:(10019020)(6009001)(6049001)(24454002)(377424004)(51704005)(92566002)(23676002)(46102003)(2950100001)(40100003)(47776003)(33646002)(66066001)(77156002)(62966003)(122386002)(77096005)(42186005)(87976001)(103116003)(50466002)(50986999)(561944003)(19580395003)(76176999)(110136001)(93886004)(50226001)(86362001);DIR:OUT;SFP:1102;SCL:1;SRVR:BN1PR0301MB0723;H:[10.81.52.176];FPR:;SPF:None;MLV:sfv;LANG:en; X-Exchange-Antispam-Report-CFA-Test: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BN1PR0301MB0723; X-OriginatorOrg: freescale.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Feb 2015 00:20:05.5311 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-FromEntityHeader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: BN1PR0301MB0723 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 956 Lines: 22 On Mon, 2015-02-09 at 21:40 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > > I'll NAK any external 'download area' (and I told that Andi > > before): tools/perf/event-tables/ or so is a good enough > > 'download area' with fast enough update cycles. > > The proposal was to put it on kernel.org, similar to how > external firmware blobs are distributed. CPU event lists > are data sheets, so are like firmware. They do not > follow the normal kernel code licenses. They are not > source code. They cannot be reviewed in the normal way. How is it different from describing registers and bits in driver header files? What does it mean to talk about a license on information, rather than the expression of information? -Scott -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/