corrected: tapset/script information template

Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli amavin@redhat.com
Wed May 4 14:00:00 GMT 2005


William Cohen wrote:

...
> 
> Ananth,
> 
> Could you talk with the ppc linux guru about using the branch trap that 
> is provided in ppc's MSR? See how well/poorly the branch traps are 
> supported?

Will,

I can now confirm that MSR[BE] is the way to go for ppc. However, with
MSR[BE], we trap on every branch irrespective of whether the branch was
taken or not. And there may be a few corner cases we'll have to take
care of. Will investigate further.

Thanks,
Ananth



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