Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 May 2015 14:45:06 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL 00/37] perf/core improvements and fixes |
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* Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> wrote:
> Adrian, can you try to address this further, please? > > Something like a handholding session, so that we don't have to dig thru all the > csets or patch series cover letters, telling: > > 1. What hardware one has to have to be able to test it > > 2. First command to use > > 3. What will be generated, how much space (a lot?) it will use on the > perf.data file, etc. > > 5. What commands have to be used on this perf.data file and what to > expect from it. > > I.e. a HOWTO that starts with a as short as possible description on how > to use it for the very first time, for people never exposed to Intel PT > but that can benefit from using it.
Yeah, a HOWTO or a QuickStart file would be a good first step I suspect.
> Ingo, so I'll move these csets to a separate branch from where I can > work with Adrian and others to then try again to resubmit, but only on a > branch exclusively for this. > > Will resubmit a perf/core branch with the remaining bits soon.
Sounds good to me!
Thanks,
Ingo
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