Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752167Ab2FMHoT (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:44:19 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:42532 "EHLO mail-we0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751797Ab2FMHoR (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:44:17 -0400 Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:44:12 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Andi Kleen Cc: "Yan, Zheng" , Stephane Eranian , a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl, mingo@elte.hu, jolsa@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 0/13] perf: Intel uncore pmu counting support Message-ID: <20120613074412.GB8057@gmail.com> References: <1339479468-3815-1-git-send-email-zheng.z.yan@intel.com> <4FD7EFCB.6060005@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1059 Lines: 33 * Andi Kleen wrote: > "Yan, Zheng" writes: > > > Peter suggests keeping the uncore names as they're listed in the intel > > doc. For Sandybirdge-EP, uncore names are something like: Cbo, iMC, QPI. > > I think Uncore_Cbo_0 appears better than uncore_Cbo_0 > > How about a case insensitive match for the sysfs directories? > [...] That's idiotic, avoidable lookup complexity. > [...] That can be implemented in user land with nftw(). Since > sysfs is all virtual it should not be too expensive, as long > as you only walk the pmu parts. > > I think that would be most user friendly. It would be most idiotic, stop suggesting crap. Why not rot13 it as well? Could be decoded in user-space as well with some helpers. Hey, md5 checksum it too. Thanks, 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/