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

Robert Richter
2009-06-17T10:57:43Z

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?

-Robert

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