Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261155AbVEIIxy (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 May 2005 04:53:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261159AbVEIIxy (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 May 2005 04:53:54 -0400 Received: from aun.it.uu.se ([130.238.12.36]:6306 "EHLO aun.it.uu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261155AbVEIIxw (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 May 2005 04:53:52 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 10:53:39 +0200 (MEST) Message-Id: <200505090853.j498rc4m007316@harpo.it.uu.se> From: Mikael Pettersson To: ak@muc.de Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.12-rc3-mm3] perfctr: x86 update with K8 multicore fixes Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 663 Lines: 17 On Mon, 9 May 2005 03:38:51 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > I've been burned by cpu-related maps changing before. I'd rather > > not rely on them if I can avoid them. > > I don't think that's a good attitude for a in tree driver. > If all drivers reimplemented core architecture features > all the time we would have a big mess. So please don't do > this. Ok, I'll do a followup update to eliminate this wart. /Mikael - 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/