From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:54:38 +0100 (BST) Received: from extgw-uk.mips.com ([62.254.210.129]:13323 "EHLO bacchus.net.dhis.org") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S8133446AbVJZNyV (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:54:21 +0100 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bacchus.net.dhis.org (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j9QDsF0l014622; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:54:15 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j9QDsEX8014621; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:54:14 +0100 Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:54:14 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: kernel coder Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Porting oprofile to 2.4.32 kernel Message-ID: <20051026135414.GD3161@linux-mips.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 9361 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 02:34:07AM -0700, kernel coder wrote: > i'm trying to port oprofile on 2.4.32 kernel running on MIPS > board.From where can i get the patch for other boards so that i can > make a head start by using that patch as a guide. Oprofile for 2.4 is considered a lost cause on any architecture and I guess I'd rather do something sensible like ironing snowflakes than porting it at this stage where funeral eulogies for 2.4 are already being written ;-) Ralf