Martin Mares wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > > As I think it could just disable profiling (at worst case) instead
> > > of using panic().
> > >
> > It should!
>
> The net profiler is a _debugging_ code for just a few network hackers,
> not intended to be used by mere mortals, therefore it can expect weird
> things about the hardware it runs on.
Well, as a "mere mortal" myself, I would still prefer to see the net
profiler code made more compatible with non-Intel x86 CPUs, before it
gets into a production kernel. Same applies to other parts of the
kernel...
>
...
> I'll look at the CPU identification, bug testing and TTSC issues soon, but
> not just now as all my time is consumed by PCI and exams...
>
OK, good luck with your exams :)
Cheers,
Andrew
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