Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:19:06 +0200 | | From | Ingo Molnar <> | | Subject | Re: disabling group leader perf_event |
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* Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> On Sun 2010-09-12 22:32:58, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote: > > > On Sun 2010-09-12 20:48:43, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > > 1- Most (least abstract) specific code: a block of bytecode in the form > > > > > > of a simplified, executable, kernel-checked x86 machine code block - > > > > > > this is also the fastest form. [yes, this is actually possible.] > > > > > >Well... if we want to be a bit x86-entric.... can we just reuse ACPI > > > > > >interpretter? > > > > > > > > > > I hope this was a joke, ACPI won the academy awards for ugliness, > > > > > ..., bad specification, non-generality, and > > > > > > As did i386 instruction set :-). > > > > Are you kidding? The i386 instruction set may be ugly, but it's > > implemented in hardware, which has obvious upsides. > > I was partly joking. But you have to admit that i386 set is ugly and > badly specified.
Fortunately since i already said that it's ugly, in the sentence you quote above, i dont have to 'admit' it yet again, right? ;-)
Thanks,
Ingo
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