From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Krzysztof Halasa Subject: Re: netconf notes and materials Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:31:44 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20091007.044718.233642056.davem@davemloft.net> <20091009174949.467ddc50.billfink@mindspring.com> <20091009.145151.130967664.davem@davemloft.net> <1255129289.8937.39.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Miller , "billfink\@mindspring.com" , "netdev\@vger.kernel.org" To: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr Return-path: Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:49753 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934590AbZJIXcY (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:32:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1255129289.8937.39.camel@localhost.localdomain> (Peter P. Waskiewicz, Jr.'s message of "Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:01:29 -0700") Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr writes: > Yes, they are tools written by our CPU and chipset teams to assist in > debug. To reinforce what David just said, I know Jesse Barnes is > working hard with the Intel powers-that-be to get the "approved" public > PMU counters into the perf utility. I'd imagine the PMU counters for > IOH memory throughput will be deemed ok, since it's not uncovering any > IP. Ehm perhaps something similar could also happen to source of IXP4xx microcode and/or NPE docs? Not sure about IP, though isn't any IP there already patented (and thus available)? This is especially needed WRT HSS (sync serial port). :-) -- Krzysztof Halasa