Re: [LTP] x86_64 Gcov patch

[Peter O. <obe...@go...>]

Marty Ridgeway wrote:
> Peter, we've had some requests for an x86_64 GCOV patch. Do you know of
> anyone interested in doing a patch for this architecture? Thanks, Marty
>   
All of the gcov-kernel patches in the CVS repository contain 
modifications for the x86_64 architecture, so I'm assuming that x86_64 
support is already there. Unfortunately I can't do any testing for this 
architectures as I don't have access to a x86_64 machine.

My suggestion would be to direct the interested party to the patches in 
the CVS directory. Should a patch turn out to be broken, I can offer 
basic debugging support (ltp-coverage list preferred).

Also note that I added a new gcov-kernel patch for Linux 2.6.16 which no 
longer requires the default architecture modifications. This patch 
should 'support' (i.e. provide the kernel configuration option on) all 
architectures by default, even though I'd guess that some architectures 
will need workarounds for the functionality to be available.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
  Peter