From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Organization: SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Nuernberg, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)
To: "Metzger, Markus T" <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [patch][v2] x86, ptrace: support for branch trace store(BTS)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:47:30 +0100
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> We might want to add support for Netburst in 64bit mode some day. 
> For today, I simply exclude Netburst for x86_64.

If you switched to table driven then adding another format like 
this would be likely very easy. It's just that with the "own code for everything"
method it becomes difficult.

-Andi
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