Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] Performance Counters for Linux | From | Marcel Holtmann <> | Date | Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:47:02 +0200 |
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Hi Linus,
> > so do you expect us to merge stuff like ip, iw, rfkill, crda, the WiMAX > > tools, the Bluetooth ones and whatever we have that are all have the > > same issues to be merged into the kernel source code as well. > > No. Only stuff that I expect to be really close to hardware, and used for > kernel purposes.
and where exactly do we draw the line? It is just no clear to me.
> > Also please consider the distro point of view. All these distros have > > already a hard time to keep up with the kernel patches etc. It is a lot > > easier to update a userspace package then having to provide a patches > > kernel source. > > Feel free to split it all up if it turns out to be stable later. > > But I refuse to go through another oprofile.
Point taken on why you wanna do it. No questions asked here. However I still think it is a bad idea to begin with. The perf tool could very well has its own repository on git.kernel.org and be maintained side by side with the kernel.
Regards
Marcel
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