Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755017AbYJPIek (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:34:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752830AbYJPIec (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:34:32 -0400 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:12003 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752269AbYJPIeb convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:34:31 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,422,1220252400"; d="scan'208";a="452016846" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: RE: Is Debug Store supposed to default to Y? Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:34:26 +0100 Message-ID: <029E5BE7F699594398CA44E3DDF554440290A9AA@swsmsx413.ger.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <200810161021.25572.elendil@planet.nl> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Is Debug Store supposed to default to Y? Thread-Index: AckvaDF2VkYK6C/hQlWLtT/PcLqRPgAAJVDg References: <200810161021.25572.elendil@planet.nl> From: "Metzger, Markus T" To: "Frans Pop" , Cc: "Ingo Molnar" , "Thomas Gleixner" , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Oct 2008 08:34:29.0795 (UTC) FILETIME=[01AD6730:01C92F6A] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1573 Lines: 45 >-----Original Message----- >From: Frans Pop [mailto:elendil@planet.nl] >Sent: Donnerstag, 16. Oktober 2008 10:21 >Both CONFIG_X86_DS and X86_PTRACE_BTS currently default to yes. >Is that intended? > >The help text is a bit short on info to help users determine if they >really need/want these options. What will I be missing if I >don't enable >them on a regular desktop system? What is their cost? I sent an rfc for an improved help text yesterday: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/15/192. I hope this answeres your questions. See also the discussion with Roland Dreier on the same topic: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/16/56 http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/16/61 regards, markus. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel GmbH Dornacher Strasse 1 85622 Feldkirchen/Muenchen Germany Sitz der Gesellschaft: Feldkirchen bei Muenchen Geschaeftsfuehrer: Douglas Lusk, Peter Gleissner, Hannes Schwaderer Registergericht: Muenchen HRB 47456 Ust.-IdNr. VAT Registration No.: DE129385895 Citibank Frankfurt (BLZ 502 109 00) 600119052 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -- 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/