Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 30 Aug 2013 19:33:59 +0200 | From | Jan Kiszka <> | Subject | Re: x86-32: Early microcode loading stumbles over disabled DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
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On 2013-08-30 19:25, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:16:00 -0700 > "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > >>> Who uses static tracing? I only use it to test that it still works ;-) >> >> Can we get rid of it? >> > > I've though about it. But as some archs only have static tracing > available (I need to revisit to make sure that's still the case), I > kept it because I only test static tracing on x86. > > I'm not sure if people still use it for x86 or not. > > Jan, you use static tracing on x86?
Yes, due to out-of-tree code that is not compatible with dynamic tracing. It might be feasible to change this, I didn't try again recently. If static tracing goes away upstream, I'll have to sooner or later.
Jan
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