[PATCH] hwpmc(4) changes to use 'mp_maxid' instead of 'mp_ncpus'.

Joseph Koshy joseph.koshy at gmail.com
Thu Mar 20 06:08:36 UTC 2008


>  We should take some care to make sure we don't over generalize.

hwpmc(4) today handles Intel P4 counters; those are moderately
complex in terms of architecture.

>  If nothing else, these counters could be even more useful on CPU-poor embedded
>  devices.

Conventional PMCs should be supportable without much ado.

Koshy


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