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    SubjectRe: [patch] Performance Counters for Linux, v2
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    From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:22:25 +0100

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    > * David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
    >
    > > From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    > > Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:02:46 +0100
    > >
    > > >
    > > > * stephane eranian <eranian@googlemail.com> wrote:
    > > >
    > > > > > There's also more generic x86 support: all 4 generic PMCs of Nehalem
    > > > > > / Core i7 are supported - i've run 4 instances of KernelTop and they
    > > > > > used up four separate PMCs.
    > > > >
    > > > > Core/Atom have 5 counters, Nehalem has 7. Why are you not using all of
    > > > > them already?
    > > >
    > > > no, Nehalem has 4 generic purpose PMCs and 3 fixed-purpose PMCs (7
    > > > total),
    > > ...
    > > > Saying that it has 7 is misleading.
    > >
    > > Even you just did.
    >
    > which portion of my point stressing the general purpose attribute was
    > unclear to you?

    I'm just teasing you because you picked a trite point from stephane's
    email instead of the meat later on, which I would have found more
    interesting to hear you comment on.


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