Re: [PATCH 01/16] x86/oprofile: add module parameter option to force a core 2 cpu

Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-06-17T14:29:04Z

On 06/17/09 03:57, Robert Richter wrote:
> On 16.06.09 13:15:40, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>
>> From: Robert Richter<robert.richter@amd.com>
>>
>> The current userland does not yet fully support all cpu types
>> implemented in the kernel. With the module parameter:
>>
>> oprofile.cpu_type=core_2
>>
>> the kernel reports a core_2 cpu to the userland on an Intel system and
>> thus makes oprofile usable with current distros.
>>
>> Cc: Linus Torvalds<torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
>> Cc: Andi Kleen<ak@linux.intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter<robert.richter@amd.com>
>> ---
>> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 ++-
>> arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
>> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>
> Jeremy,
>
> I dropped this patch. See this thread:
>
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/5/6/234
>
> Does your patch series depends on this?
>

Confused. I haven't done anything with oprofile or nmi lately. I don't
recognize the patch you're quoting.

J