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Subject: Re: [PATCH] make HWLAT_DETECTOR kernel config either disabled or a
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* Joakim Hernberg | 2015-12-13 11:39:35 [+0100]:

>I looked at the IRC logs from when this was discussed.  The hwlatdetect
>script looks for the kernel module and will fail if it's built-in (or
>compressed).  Also this quote from irc: <jkacur> I need to look
>at the code, but offhand, I think we said, it cannot be a built-in by design

Why can't it work by design in built-in mode? The module parameters
`enabled` and `threshold` can be set via debugfs (and via command line).
So I don't see here the difference between module and built-in.
Is there something I missed?

If the hwlatdetect script is not able to handle that then it deserves to
be fixed. The same goes for support of compressed modules.

>These were the reasons for the patch.

Sebastian