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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add PPC_FEATURE_PMU_COMPAT
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On Jul 3, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Nathan Lynch wrote:

> Beginning with Power6, there is a set of 32 PMU events which is
> compatible across POWER processor lines.  PPC_FEATURE_PMU_COMPAT
> indicates support for this subset.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c |    4 ++--
> include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h |    1 +
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Can you explain what these PMU events are a bit further?

- k