New kernel events can be added at various location for sampling or counting.
This will for example allow easy system profiling whatever the processor is
with known tools like pmcstat(8).
Simultaneous usage of software PMC and hardware PMC is possible, for example
looking at the lock acquire failure, page fault while sampling on
instructions.
Sponsored by: NETASQ
MFC after: 1 month
- Replace MIPS24K-specific code with more generic framework that will
make adding new CPU support easier
- Add MIPS24K support for new framework
- Limit backtrace depth to 1 for stability reasons and add option
HWPMC_MIPS_BACKTRACE to override this limitation