Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756590AbZCJQ0q (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:26:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754915AbZCJQ0d (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:26:33 -0400 Received: from tx2ehsobe002.messaging.microsoft.com ([65.55.88.12]:14920 "EHLO TX2EHSOBE004.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753746AbZCJQ0c (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:26:32 -0400 X-BigFish: VPS-37(zz1432R62a3L98dR936eQ1805Mzzzzz32i6bh64h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 3:0 X-FB-SS: 8, X-WSS-ID: 0KGATNQ-01-0AW-01 Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:26:16 +0100 From: Robert Richter To: Paul Mackerras CC: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , Andrew Morton , Stephane Eranian , Eric Dumazet , Arjan van de Ven , Peter Anvin , Peter Zijlstra , "David S. Miller" , Mike Galbraith Subject: Re: [announce] Performance Counters for Linux, v6 Message-ID: <20090310162616.GI10085@erda.amd.com> References: <20090121185021.GA8852@elte.hu> <20090309013902.GK10085@erda.amd.com> <18869.40904.382716.827097@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> <20090310094457.GU10085@erda.amd.com> <18870.21428.868208.447605@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18870.21428.868208.447605@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Mar 2009 16:26:16.0684 (UTC) FILETIME=[EFCBA2C0:01C9A19C] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1093 Lines: 32 On 10.03.09 22:49:08, Paul Mackerras wrote: > Robert Richter writes: > > > Ok, maybe I mixed too much the architectural with the x86 model > > specific implementation. My impression is that there is data in > > generic structures what should be better private for the model or > > architecture. However, I have to figure out the details here. > > The details of the x86 support have changed quite a lot since the v6 > patch was posted, I believe. Are you looking at the v6 patch, or at > Ingo's tip:perfcounters/core branch? I am using the tip branch, but took the v6 thread to discuss this. > > Ingo - maybe it's time to post a v7 patch? For me it's fine to work with the branch if patches are posted to the mailing list for review. -Robert -- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Operating System Research Center email: robert.richter@amd.com -- 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/