Getting rid of sysprof-kmod

[David Zeuthen]

On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 19:09 -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 01:02:23AM +0100, Gianluca Sforna wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  > I just finished removing the sysprof-kmod package from CVS as mandated
>  > by the new guidelines for F9 and above.
>  > 
>  > I am now seeking some help to understand what is needed to have again
>  > the kernel module required for proper operations of the sysprof
>  > package.
>  > 
>  > Upstream sources are at:
>  > http://www.daimi.au.dk/~sandmann/sysprof/
> 
> The upstream kernel is likely to eventually get support for
> perfmon2 integrated, but this could really use more work.
> It's been in -mm for a while.  If there's anything that sysprof
> can do that perfmon can't (which would be surprising given
> perfmons featuritis) it would useful to talk with the perfmon
> developers so we can eventually arrive at an upstreamed solution
> and not have to worry about integrating out-of-tree patches.

Until that happens can we please carry the patch in the Fedora kernel?
IIRC it's not invasive at all. And it's really annoying not being able
to use sysprof. Thanks.

      David