Re: [GIT PULL 00/37] perf/core improvements and fixes

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> wrote:

> Adrian, can you try to address this further, please?
> 
> Something like a handholding session, so that we don't have to dig thru all the 
> csets or patch series cover letters, telling:
> 
> 1. What hardware one has to have to be able to test it
> 
> 2. First command to use
> 
> 3. What will be generated, how much space (a lot?) it will use on the
>    perf.data file, etc.
> 
> 5. What commands have to be used on this perf.data file and what to
>    expect from it.
> 
> I.e. a HOWTO that starts with a as short as possible description on how
>  to use it for the very first time, for people never exposed to Intel PT
> but that can benefit from using it.

Yeah, a HOWTO or a QuickStart file would be a good first step I suspect.

> Ingo, so I'll move these csets to a separate branch from where I can
> work with Adrian and others to then try again to resubmit, but only on a
> branch exclusively for this.
> 
> Will resubmit a perf/core branch with the remaining bits soon.

Sounds good to me!

Thanks,

	Ingo