From: Paul Mackerras Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:33:56 +0000 (+1100) Subject: perfcounters/powerpc: Add support for POWER5 processors X-Git-Tag: v2.6.31-rc1~383^2~501 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=742bd95ba96e19b3f7196c3a0834ebc17c8ba006;p=pandora-kernel.git perfcounters/powerpc: Add support for POWER5 processors This adds the back-end for the PMU on the POWER5 processor. This knows how to use the fixed-function PMC5 and PMC6 (instructions completed and run cycles). Unlike POWER6, PMC5/6 obey the freeze conditions and can generate interrupts, so their use doesn't impose any extra restrictions. POWER5+ is different and is not supported by this patch. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- Reading git-diff-tree failed