> Having a nice explanation of the problem helps, as my first reaction to > this patch was: "What? This is what this tool is supposed to do, to > compare two versions of a binary, one that is being developed from the > same source, the other with slight modifications, etc", while the > description of the patch made it look as this was a feature that was now > being introduced.
AFAIK it was actually to compare multiple runs of the same binary with different setups: e.g. varying number of threads. However in the Linux kernel development world it turns out comparing multiple similar binaries is much more useful. -Andi -- a...@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/