Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1162105AbWKPAYx (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:24:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1162107AbWKPAYx (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:24:53 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:36298 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1162105AbWKPAYx (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:24:53 -0500 Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:18:27 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: eranian@hpl.hp.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386 add Intel PEBS and BTS cpufeature bits and detection Message-Id: <20061115161827.f0596a78.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20061115213241.GC17238@frankl.hpl.hp.com> References: <20061115213241.GC17238@frankl.hpl.hp.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.6; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 745 Lines: 17 On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:32:41 -0800 Stephane Eranian wrote: > Here is a small patch that adds two cpufeature bits to represent > Intel's Precise-Event-Based Sampling (PEBS) and Branch Trace Store > (BTS) features. Those features can be found on Intel P4 and Core 2 > processors among others and can be used by perfmon. > Andi has already merged a different version of this. If it needs updating, please review his tree (most recent -mm will suit) and send any needed updates. - 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/