Hi Andi, On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Andi Kleen <a...@linux.intel.com> wrote: >> So we build tables of all models in the architecture, and choose >> matching one when compiling perf, right? Can't we do that when >> building the tables? IOW, why don't we check the VFM and discard >> non-matching tables? Those non-matching tables are also needed? > > We build it for all cpus in an architecture, not all architectures. > So e.g. for an x86 binary power is not included, and vice versa.
OK. > It always includes all CPUs for a given architecture, so it's possible > to use the perf binary on other systems than just the one it was > build on. So it selects one at run-time not build-time, good. But I worry about the size of the intel tables. How large are they? Maybe we can make it dynamic-loadable if needed.. Thanks, Namhyung _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
