Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:35:34 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] perfcounters/powerpc: Add support for POWER5 processors |
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* Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> wrote:
> This adds the back-end for the PMU on the POWER5 processor. This knows > how to use the fixed-function PMC5 and PMC6 (instructions completed and > run cycles). Unlike POWER6, PMC5/6 obey the freeze conditions and can > generate interrupts, so their use doesn't impose any extra restrictions. > > POWER5+ is different and is not supported by this patch. > > Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> > --- > Ingo, please pull this from my perfcounters.git tree master branch at: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/perfcounters.git master > > arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile | 3 +- > arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_counter.c | 4 + > arch/powerpc/kernel/power5-pmu.c | 475 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 481 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/kernel/power5-pmu.c
Pulled into tip:perfcounters/core, thanks Paul!
Ingo
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