From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753116Ab0IVH3w (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:29:52 -0400 Received: from tx2ehsobe003.messaging.microsoft.com ([65.55.88.13]:27757 "EHLO TX2EHSOBE006.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752383Ab0IVH3v (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:29:51 -0400 X-SpamScore: -14 X-BigFish: VPS-14(zzbb2cK1432N98dNzz1202hzzz32i2a8h61h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 0:0 X-WSS-ID: 0L950O9-02-KFO-02 X-M-MSG: Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:26:33 +0200 From: Robert Richter To: Andi Kleen CC: Arnd Bergmann , Jiri Olsa , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net" , "tdm.rhbz@gmail.com" Subject: Re: [PATCH] oprofile: Add Support for Intel CPU Family 6 / Model 29 Message-ID: <20100922072633.GV13563@erda.amd.com> References: <1285053995-3811-1-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com> <201009211321.06172.arnd@arndb.de> <20100921141329.GU13563@erda.amd.com> <38667ac18ee6604649af9396cf156182.squirrel@www.firstfloor.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <38667ac18ee6604649af9396cf156182.squirrel@www.firstfloor.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Reverse-DNS: ausb3extmailp02.amd.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 21.09.10 10:38:04, Andi Kleen wrote: > > On 21.09.10 07:21:05, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > >> Just curious about the other missing IDs: this now supports all Core > >> microarchitecture CPUs, but only some Nehalem/Westmere ones. > >> > >> There is support for 0x1a (Bloomfield/Gainestown) and 0x2e (Beckton), > >> but > >> not for the much more common 0x1e (Lynnfield/Clarksfield/Jasper Forest), > >> 0x25 (Clarkdale/Arrandale) and 0x26 (Gulftown/Westmere-EP). I also found reports for 0x2c (Gulftown/Westmere-EP?): vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 44 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz -Robert > >> > >> Shouldn't those be added as well? > > Westmere I still hold off because the oprofile user land > doesn't have the correct event list yet. > > BTW I was thinking in this case to only add the model > numbers to the user code and just let it handle arch_perfmon > from the kernel. > > This should work currently fine and avoid the problem > that you need to update user land and kernel in parallel > for a new cpu type. > > >> > >> When you're there, it probably also wouldn't hurt to fill in the blanks > >> of some of the older CPUs like Tolopai (0x15) and newer Atoms (0x1c). > > > > Yes, would be nice to have also an update for the remaining > > unsupported models. Andi? > > Yes would make sense. I'll ask around if there is a consolidated > list somewhere that could be used as a base. > > -Andi > > -- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Operating System Research Center