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On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 04:43:54PM -0600, Tom Huynh wrote:
>  arch/powerpc/perf/e6500-events-list.h         | 289 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

That's a lot of events to stuff in the kernel, would a userspace list
not be more convenient?

ISTR there being various discussions on providing support for that in
tools/perf, Jiri?