[PATCH V3 0/6] Generalise ARM perf-events backend for oprofile

Matt Fleming matt at console-pimps.org
Mon Sep 13 03:50:25 EDT 2010


On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 09:13:32AM +0200, Marc Titinger wrote:
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I'm just being curious : do these patches change the way those chips
> should be supported, that do not have a PMU-like IP, but implement
> PC-sampling thanks to a general purpose timer (not the system timer)
> ?

CPUs that do not have a PMU are not required to use the perf-events
oprofile backend, it is entirely optional. The pc-sampling timer in
oprofile is not affected by this series.



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