Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765162AbZFQK5n (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:57:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752413AbZFQK5f (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:57:35 -0400 Received: from va3ehsobe004.messaging.microsoft.com ([216.32.180.14]:57330 "EHLO VA3EHSOBE004.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751372AbZFQK5e (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:57:34 -0400 X-SpamScore: -30 X-BigFish: VPS-30(z34a4jz1432R98dR936eN1805M62a3Lzz1202hzzz32i17ch6bh43j62h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 1:0 X-WSS-ID: 0KLDQFC-03-CT1-01 Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:57:26 +0200 From: Robert Richter To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge CC: Ingo Molnar , the arch/x86 maintainers , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linus Torvalds , Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/16] x86/oprofile: add module parameter option to force a core 2 cpu Message-ID: <20090617105725.GS18016@erda.amd.com> References: <1245183355-25808-1-git-send-email-jeremy@goop.org> <1245183355-25808-2-git-send-email-jeremy@goop.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1245183355-25808-2-git-send-email-jeremy@goop.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Jun 2009 10:57:27.0250 (UTC) FILETIME=[67082B20:01C9EF3A] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1180 Lines: 39 On 16.06.09 13:15:40, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > From: Robert Richter > > The current userland does not yet fully support all cpu types > implemented in the kernel. With the module parameter: > > oprofile.cpu_type=core_2 > > the kernel reports a core_2 cpu to the userland on an Intel system and > thus makes oprofile usable with current distros. > > Cc: Linus Torvalds > Cc: Andi Kleen > Signed-off-by: Robert Richter > --- > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 ++- > arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c | 17 ++++++++++++++--- > 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Jeremy, I dropped this patch. See this thread: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/5/6/234 Does your patch series depends on this? -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/