[PATCH] Add PPC_FEATURE_PMU_COMPAT
Nathan Lynch
ntl at pobox.com
Tue Jul 8 03:17:49 EST 2008
Olof Johansson wrote:
> On Jul 3, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Nathan Lynch wrote:
>
>> Beginning with Power6, there is a set of 32 PMU events which is
>> compatible across POWER processor lines. PPC_FEATURE_PMU_COMPAT
>> indicates support for this subset.
>
> The PMU isn't, as far as I know, part of the architecture, it's up to
> each implementation to do as it pleases. Right? So this should probably
> be named less generic.
Yeah, you're right. Will change it to PSERIES_PMU_COMPAT or similar.
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