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From: benh@kernel.crashing.org
To: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>,
	Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net>
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Subject: Re: performance monitor exceptions
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 13:48:11 +0100
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>Thats rather ugly :( BTW I have run kernel profiling off the performance
>monitor exception on ppc64 which has been very useful (it allowed us
>to profile inside interrupt disabled regions)

A workaround for pmac or openpic ppc32 is to use the keylargo or the
openpic timer instead of the DEC. That could be a "kernel hacking" option

Ben.


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