Re: [perfmon] Re: quick overview of the perfmon2 interface

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Dec 22 2005 - 08:49:18 EST


"Truong, Dan" <dan.truong@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The PMU is becoming a standard commodity. Once Perfmon is
> "the" Linux interface, all the tools can align on it and
> coexist, push their R&D forward, and more importantly become
> fully productized for businesses usage.
>

The apparently-extreme flexibility of the perfmon interfaces would tend to
militate against that, actually. It'd become better productised if it had
one interface and stuck to it.

(I haven't processed Stephane's reply yet - will get there)

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