From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:32:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:32:39 -0500 Received: from smtp01.oce.nl ([134.188.1.25]:20438 "EHLO smtp01.oce.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:32:27 -0500 >Received: from pc1-adve.oce.nl (pc1-adve.oce.nl [134.188.176.32]) by smtp02.oce.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA09661; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 15:00:00 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 15:00:00 +0100 (CET) From: adve@oce.nl (Arjan van de Ven) To: jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com (Jeff Garzik) CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Error in x86 CPU capabilities starting with test5/6 X-Newsgroups: adve.linux.kernel In-Reply-To: <3A152DC1.21B35324@mandrakesoft.com> <20001117143150.A6832@gruyere.muc.suse.de> <3A15354B.4736A19@mandrakesoft.com> User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-981002 ("Phobia") (UNIX) (Linux/2.2.18pre15 (i686)) Content-Type: text Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <3A15354B.4736A19@mandrakesoft.com> you wrote: > Andi Kleen wrote: >> No it would not. Often you want cycle accurate couting for profiling >> purposes. > Isn't that why /dev/cpu/%d/msr exists? This is root only though...... (Yes, you can crash AMD boxes by reading MSR's) Greetings, Arjan van de Ven - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/