On Tuesday 25 November 2008, Carl Love wrote:

This patch set consists of two kernel patches and one user level patch
to add SPU event based profiling support to OProfile for the IBM Cell
processor. =A0The first patch in the series is the user level patch that
adds the needed events and event checking to the user tool. =A0The second
patch is the first of two kernel patches. =A0It makes some structural
changes to the kernel code to make it easier to add the specific
functions for doing SPU event profiling. =A0The first kernel patch does
not make any functional changes. =A0The third patch in the series is the
second kernel patch where the actual SPU event profiling code support is
added to the kernel.

Thanks for your submission!

I can't comment on the oprofile user code, but I have some comments
on the implementation in the third patch.

Are the patches interdependent, or will old versions of the oprofile
tool work with new kernels and vice versa?

	Arnd <><