[PATCH 1/6] perf_counter: powerpc: Enable use of software counters on 32-bit powerpc

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Jun 18 00:24:02 EST 2009


On Jun 17, 2009, at 9:21 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:

>
> * Paul Mackerras <paulus at samba.org> wrote:
>
>> This depends on the generic atomic64_t patches, which are now in
>> Linus' tree.  Ingo, if you're putting these in, please pull Linus'
>> tree in first.
>
> Note, i've created a new branch, tip:perfcounters/powerpc, so we can
> keep these things separate and Ben can pull them too. I see there
> was some review feedback - do you want to send a v2 version perhaps?

Out of interest, is the intent to try and get these changes into .31?   
I ask because I want to know if I should try to find time to add  
support for the FSL embedded perfmon ASAP or not.

- k


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