Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Sep 2018 08:53:17 -0700 | From | Eduardo Valentin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] perf/x86/intel: make error messages less confusing |
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 10:52:12AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 08:07:32AM -0700, Eduardo Valentin wrote: > > On a system with X86_FEATURE_ARCH_PERFMON disabled > > and with a model not known by family PMU drivers, > > user gets a kernel message log like the following: > > [ 0.100114] Performance Events: unsupported p6 CPU model 85 no PMU driver, software events only. > > > > The "unsupported .. CPU" part may be confusing for some > > users leading to wrong understanding that the kernel > > does not support the CPU model. > > Send them back to first grade, such that they might learn to read? >
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-- All the best, Eduardo Valentin
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