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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86: Allow the user not to build hw_breakpoints
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On 07/14/2011 08:03 AM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> So that hw_breakpoints and perf can be not built on
> specific embedded systems.

I want to emphasize I am very, very unhappy about this.  It should be
possible to not build perf while still have breakpoints available...
breakpoints are way more important than perf.

	-hpa