60x speed-up of Linux “perf”

Re:60x speed-up of Linux “perf” by joosters on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:34PM (#28474332)

This isn't true at all - Linus made the licensing decision in version 0.12 of the kernel, back in 1992! The certainly wasn't any corporate interest in Linux that needed to be protected back then.

http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0009.1/0096.html

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Re:60x speed-up of Linux “perf” by medstrom on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:58PM (#28474572)

TIL, thanks. Guess cui bono isn't a reliable method of deduction.

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Re:60x speed-up of Linux “perf” by aidenn0 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @08:02PM (#28476197)

So you're telling me Chicxulub impact wasn't caused by small mammals?

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