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Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 16:17:42 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] perfmon: add context switch hooks for x86
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stephane eranian wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> Here is a first perfmon patch. It provides the following:
> 
>    - minimal perfmon source tree layout with a topdir perfmon for
> generic code and
>      the x86 arch specific subdir in arch/x86.

How much larger would a patch be that does at least something minimally
useful? (like context switching the performance registers)

-Andi