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From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Cc: Matthew Macy <mmacy@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: hwpmc - wither ppro and p4
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On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 12:58:23PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 11:08:18AM -0700, Matthew Macy wrote:
> > 
> > Based on the i386 discussion I recognize that there's a great deal of
> > sentimental attachment to older hardware. However, there's very few
> 
> s/sentimental/practical

I know, but ... in this special case of _performance measurement_ code
on old hardware, I'm going to have to agree with Matt.

mcl