From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Organization: SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Nuernberg, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)
To: eranian@hpl.hp.com
Subject: Re: [perfmon] Re: [PATCH 1/2] Separate the performance counter allocation from the LAPIC NMI watchdog
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:01:02 +0200
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> Once this is fixed (which is what Bjorn did), then I will agree with you.
> For this, the allocator needs to be able to probe the CPU and initialize
> its own data structures.

Ok that sounds reasonable. Please someone send a patch that does only 
that.

-Andi
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