Add hwpmc(4) support for the PowerPC 970 class processors, direct events.
This also fixes asserts on removal of the module for the mpc74xx.
The PowerPC 970 processors have two different types of events: direct events
and indirect events. Thus far only direct events are supported. I included
some documentation in the driver on how indirect events work, but support is
for the future.
There is no point in hiding, e.g. pmc.xscale(3) from a developer running
on amd64, when the target arch in question will probably never have
manual pages installed at all.
Reviewed by: sbruno, hiren
0x3C: /* Per Intel document 325462-045US 01/2013. */
Add manpage to document all the goodness that is available in this
processor model.
Submitted by: hiren panchasara <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: jimharris, sbruno
Obtained from: Yahoo! Inc.
MFC after: 2 weeks
case 0x3E: /* Per Intel document 325462-045US 01/2013. */
Add manpage to document all the goodness that is available in this
processor model.
No support for uncore events at this time.
Submitted by: hiren panchasara <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: davide, jimharris, sbruno
Obtained from: Yahoo! Inc.
MFC after: 2 weeks
(Model 0x2D /* Per Intel document 253669-044US 08/2012. */)
Add manpage to document all the goodness that is available in this
processor model.
No support for uncore events at this time.
Submitted by: hiren panchasara <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: jimharris@ fabient@
Obtained from: Yahoo! Inc.
MFC after: 2 weeks
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
- Rename pmc.mips to pmc.mips24k since it covers just one CPU,
no whole architecture
- Add documetnations for Octeon's PMC counters
- Remove CAVEATS section from pmc.mips24k page: PMC for MIPS supports
sampling now.
o Wrap sentences on to new lines
o Rewrap lines where possible while trying to keep the diff to a
minimum
Found with: textproc/igor
MFC after: 1 week
X-MFC-With: r232157
Advantages:
- Reduces the number of different license versions in the tree
- Eliminates a typo
- Removes some incorrect author attributions due to c/p
- Removes c/p error potential for future pmc manpages
Approved by: jkoshy, gnn, rpaulo, fabient (copyright holders)
MFC after: 1 week
As the underlying block is 4KB if the PMC throughput is low the measurement
will be reported on the next tick. pmcstat(8) use the modified flush API to
reclaim current buffer before displaying next top.
MFC after: 1 month
