[PATCH] powerpc: oprofile support for POWER6

Michael Neuling mikey at neuling.org
Thu Jun 8 14:29:01 EST 2006


> >  	/*
> > -	 * SIHV / SIPR bits are only implemented on POWER4+ (GQ) and above.
> > -	 * However we disable it on all POWER4 until we verify it works
> > -	 * (I was seeing some strange behaviour last time I tried).
> > -	 *
> > -	 * It has been verified to work on POWER5 so we enable it there.
> > -	 */
> 
> The patched code doesn't handle GQ at all.  Is this on purpose?  Add a
> similar comment to the CPU feature tables perhaps?

Yeah, those bits are bust on POWER4+.  We didn't touch them previously
and we still don't with this patch.

You're right, we should keep that comment. I'll update and retransmit.

Mikey



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