Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933572AbZFQO1e (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:27:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758267AbZFQO1Z (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:27:25 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:34821 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759250AbZFQO1Z (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:27:25 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:27:19 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Kumar Gala Cc: Paul Mackerras , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Peter Zijlstra , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] perf_counter: powerpc: Enable use of software counters on 32-bit powerpc Message-ID: <20090617142719.GC6846@elte.hu> References: <19000.55404.103840.393470@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> <20090617142151.GB6846@elte.hu> <8C6954A9-BE4C-47F5-AD87-A1D0EAF43F8A@kernel.crashing.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8C6954A9-BE4C-47F5-AD87-A1D0EAF43F8A@kernel.crashing.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1285 Lines: 32 * Kumar Gala wrote: > On Jun 17, 2009, at 9:21 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > >> * Paul Mackerras wrote: >> >>> This depends on the generic atomic64_t patches, which are now in >>> Linus' tree. Ingo, if you're putting these in, please pull >>> Linus' tree in first. >> >> Note, i've created a new branch, tip:perfcounters/powerpc, so we >> can keep these things separate and Ben can pull them too. I see >> there was some review feedback - do you want to send a v2 version >> perhaps? > > Out of interest, is the intent to try and get these changes into > .31? I ask because I want to know if I should try to find time to > add support for the FSL embedded perfmon ASAP or not. I think it would be nice to have more platform support in .31. Perfcounters is a brand-new feature so there's no risk of regression. In the end it will depend on Linus to pull of course, and BenH can veto it too if he'd like no more PowerPC changes in this cycle. Worst-case it's all .32 material. Ingo -- 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/