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From: matt@console-pimps.org (Matt Fleming)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH V3 0/6] Generalise ARM perf-events backend for oprofile
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:50:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100913075025.GA14882@console-pimps.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SNT125-W35B89F6AA83C8DD22E7946BA770@phx.gbl>

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 09:13:32AM +0200, Marc Titinger wrote:
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I'm just being curious : do these patches change the way those chips
> should be supported, that do not have a PMU-like IP, but implement
> PC-sampling thanks to a general purpose timer (not the system timer)
> ?

CPUs that do not have a PMU are not required to use the perf-events
oprofile backend, it is entirely optional. The pc-sampling timer in
oprofile is not affected by this series.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-09-13  7:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-13  6:07 [PATCH V3 0/6] Generalise ARM perf-events backend for oprofile Matt Fleming
2010-09-13  6:07 ` [PATCH 1/6] perf: Add helper function to return number of counters Matt Fleming
2010-09-16 12:32   ` Robert Richter
2010-09-13  6:07 ` [PATCH 2/6] ARM: oprofile: Rename op_arm to oprofile_perf Matt Fleming
2010-09-16 12:46   ` Robert Richter
2010-09-13  6:07 ` [PATCH 3/6] ARM: oprofile: Move non-ARM code into separate init/exit functions Matt Fleming
2010-09-16 12:55   ` Robert Richter
2010-09-13  6:07 ` [PATCH 4/6] oprofile: Abstract the perf-events backend Matt Fleming
2010-09-16 13:15   ` Robert Richter
2010-09-13  6:07 ` [PATCH 5/6] ARM: Make oprofile depend on CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS Matt Fleming
2010-09-13  8:39   ` Will Deacon
2010-09-16 13:34     ` Robert Richter
2010-09-13  9:22   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2010-09-13  6:07 ` [PATCH 6/6] sh: oprofile: Use perf-events oprofile backend Matt Fleming
2010-09-16 14:32   ` Robert Richter
2010-09-27 20:01     ` Matt Fleming
2010-09-27 22:07       ` Robert Richter
2010-09-27 22:26         ` Matt Fleming
2010-09-27 22:45           ` Robert Richter
2010-09-28  8:33             ` Matt Fleming
2010-09-30  1:04           ` Paul Mundt
2010-09-30  8:14             ` Will Deacon
2010-09-13  7:13 ` [PATCH V3 0/6] Generalise ARM perf-events backend for oprofile Marc Titinger
2010-09-13  7:50   ` Matt Fleming [this message]
2010-09-13  8:51     ` Ingo Molnar
2010-09-13 11:04       ` Matt Fleming
2010-09-13 10:08 ` Will Deacon
2010-09-13 11:18   ` Matt Fleming
2010-09-16 14:48     ` Robert Richter

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