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[adding perf maintainers]

On 12/20/13, 5:39 PM, Alexis Berlemont wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here is a proposal of a small contribution which tries to fulfill the
> task "Use Kconfig to allow selecting features and build minimal
> version of perf,..." displayed on the todo page of the perf
> wiki (https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Todo).
>
> I tried to continue the work started by David Ahern
> (https://github.com/dsahern/linux.git branch:perf-config). This
> version relies on the features detection tests available in
> linux/tools/perf/config/feature-checks so as to enable some
> configuration options (at least by default).
>
> This little task is not complete; more Kconfig options should be added
> for each perf tool (top, record, report, ...).
>
> I just wanted to ask whether you consider this proposal as interesting
> enough for inclusion and if you are ok with the way it is implemented.
>
> The code is available here: https://github.com/aberlemont/linux.git
> - branch: perf-config.

I know Jiri has an attempt in his tree and there have been a few 
discussions since then as well. I'll take a look at it next week. I 
would like to see it completed; I just don't have the time to do it.

David