Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:38:35 +0530 From: "Joseph Koshy" <joseph.koshy@gmail.com> To: "Brooks Davis" <brooks@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwpmc(4) changes to use 'mp_maxid' instead of 'mp_ncpus'. Message-ID: <84dead720803192308l59b2fd02qa2a05729f8fe494e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080317144251.GA38485@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20080313180805.GA83406@dragon.NUXI.org> <200803141431.53846.jhb@freebsd.org> <84dead720803142243r6c8cc68dm325e7fb925189fd@mail.gmail.com> <200803170947.25205.jhb@freebsd.org> <20080317144251.GA38485@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
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> 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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