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Subject: Re: Tracing Requirements (was: [RFC/Requirements/Design] h/w error
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On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 00:12 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> Cramming both into the same session is just insane.

That just doubled the overhead of the tracer.

> 
> The first rule is "Keep It Simple!".  Period.

It's not that complex. Both Mathieu and I have implemented it. Really,
I've seen a lot more complex code. Just because it does not fit into the
CS101 course does not mean that it is totally complex.

-- Steve