Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756984AbZF3Wmv (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:42:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754412AbZF3Wmn (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:42:43 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:39794 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754476AbZF3Wmm (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:42:42 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:42:20 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Jaswinder Singh Rajput , Paul Mackerras Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Peter Zijlstra , x86 maintainers , LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] perf_counter: Add Generalized Hardware FPU support for AMD Message-ID: <20090630224220.GI1241@elte.hu> References: <1246267985.3185.3.camel@hpdv5.satnam> <20090630101105.GF6942@elte.hu> <1246368049.3026.11.camel@hpdv5.satnam> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1246368049.3026.11.camel@hpdv5.satnam> 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: 1262 Lines: 35 * Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote: > > Plus things like mmx-3dnow are AMD specific, sse-sse2 is x86 > > specific. We definitely want this general table, but the events > > should be truly general. > > mmx and sse are available for both Intel and AMD. Thats why I > added both of them. Is it OK. '3dnow' is an AMD marketing term. (and is long obsolete) Nor did you answer (or understand) my sentence above: 'sse' is an x86 specific term. I think a naming and enumeration scheme around the general concept of 'vectored co-processor' would be far less x86 specific. Mockup: 19583739 vec-adds ( 2.01x scaled) 20856051 vec-muls ( 2.01x scaled) 20856051 vec-divs ( 2.01x scaled) 25100224054 vec-idle-cycles ( 1.99x scaled) 12540131 vec-busy-cycles ( 1.99x scaled) 42286702 vec-ops ( 2.01x scaled) Paulus: would this categorization fit PowerPC too? 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/