Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762626AbXKMUUm (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:20:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761271AbXKMUUS (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:20:18 -0500 Received: from mail.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:48248 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760994AbXKMUUQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:20:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:14:19 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Andrew Morton Cc: Philip Mucci , eranian@hpl.hp.com, William Cohen , Robert Richter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Perfmon , Andi Kleen , perfmon2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, OSPAT devel , papi list Subject: Re: [perfmon] Re: [perfmon2] perfmon2 merge news Message-ID: <20071113201419.GA26487@suse.de> References: <20071107003454.GA13374@kroah.com> <20071109120627.60ec9ab4.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20071109213829.GC28276@kroah.com> <20071113151718.GA3804@erda.amd.com> <4739C42F.8030208@redhat.com> <20071113175545.GD4319@frankl.hpl.hp.com> <53F4663B-CFBA-44E4-8283-BAAC8C8F1AFF@cs.utk.edu> <20071113185924.GA22748@suse.de> <20071113120728.4342e7d7.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071113120728.4342e7d7.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 968 Lines: 26 On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 12:07:28PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > So. If what I am saying is correct then the best course of action would be > for Stephane to help us all to understand what these features are and why > we need them. The ideal way in which to do this is > > [patch] perfmon: core > [patch] perfmon: whizzy feature #1 > [patch] perfmon: whizzy feature #2 > [patch] perfmon: whizzy feature #3 > > etc. Where the changelog in each whizzy-feature-n explains what it does, > why it does it and why our users need it. I agree. Right now their git tree has over 80 patches in it, without descriptions like this to help those of us who want to review and help out, it is quite difficult. thanks, greg k-h - 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/