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2009-06-12perf_counter: Start documenting HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS requirementsMike Frysinger1-0/+15
Help out arch porters who want to support perf counters by listing some basic requirements. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> LKML-Reference: <1244827063-24046-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-11perf_counter: Standardize event namesPeter Zijlstra1-14/+14
Pure renames only, to PERF_COUNT_HW_* and PERF_COUNT_SW_*. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-06perf_counter tools: Move from Documentation/perf_counter/ to tools/perf/Ingo Molnar1-0/+442
Several people have suggested that 'perf' has become a full-fledged tool that should be moved out of Documentation/. Move it to the (new) tools/ directory. Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>