[PATCH] Add PPC_FEATURE_PMU_COMPAT

Nathan Lynch ntl at pobox.com
Tue Jul 8 03:29:21 EST 2008


Kumar Gala 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.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <ntl at pobox.com>
>> ---
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c |    4 ++--
>> include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h |    1 +
>> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Can you explain what these PMU events are a bit further?

Maynard, can you help out here...?  :)



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