Re: [PATCH 2.6.12-rc3-mm3] perfctr: x86 update with K8 multicore fixes

From: Mikael Pettersson
Date: Mon May 09 2005 - 03:55:23 EST


On Mon, 9 May 2005 03:38:51 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > I've been burned by cpu-related maps changing before. I'd rather
> > not rely on them if I can avoid them.
>
> I don't think that's a good attitude for a in tree driver.
> If all drivers reimplemented core architecture features
> all the time we would have a big mess. So please don't do
> this.

Ok, I'll do a followup update to eliminate this wart.

/Mikael
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