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Re: [patch v6 00/12] branch tracing support for Atom
On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:13:03 +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> FWIW, I think btrace functionality would be useful even without full
> record support. Some form of branch tracing is available on a lot of
> RISCy processors. And I can see people wanting to add support for it
> without implementing the full record machinery (which is a lot of
> work).
Intel BTS does not provide "full record machinery", it can be used only for
the btranch tracing.
It is only questionable whether the new branch tracing should share the same
user interface with the existing full record machinery interface "record".
Regards,
Jan