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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To: "Albert Cahalan" <acahalan@gmail.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rt2] PowerPC: decrementer clockevent driver
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 14:28:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <fa84736ae121902d4bee24eb23ca1d0b@kernel.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <787b0d920705181845h355eed4fk2bf93323332a9d90@mail.gmail.com>

>> Unfortunately, FIT exists only on Book E CPUs and MPC74xx aren't Book 
>> E, IIUC.
>
> By the name "FIT" perhaps, but MPC74xx has essentially
> the same thing.

> Set MMCR0[TBEE], set MMCR0[PMXE], and choose a TBL bit via 
> MMCR0[TBSEL].

That's the performance monitor, which could very well be
in use already (for performance monitoring stuff, who
would have guessed).

> It's also possible to trigger on the CPU cycle counter, but this would
> cost one of the performance counters. MPC7400 has 4, later CPUs have 6
> or more, and I think xPC7x0 had only 2.

7xx has at least four as well.


Segher

  reply	other threads:[~2007-05-19 12:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-18  3:24 [PATCH 2.6.21-rt2] PowerPC: decrementer clockevent driver Albert Cahalan
2007-05-18 14:52 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-05-19  1:45   ` Albert Cahalan
2007-05-19 12:28     ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
2007-05-19 18:22       ` Albert Cahalan
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-05-17 17:42 Sergei Shtylyov
2007-05-17 17:47 ` Kumar Gala
2007-05-17 18:07   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-05-17 18:17     ` Kumar Gala
2007-05-17 18:26       ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-05-17 18:31         ` Kumar Gala
2007-05-17 18:42           ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-05-18 12:39             ` Matt Sealey
2007-05-18 13:45               ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-05-18 14:28                 ` Matt Sealey
2007-05-18 14:48                   ` Thomas Gleixner
2007-05-18 15:37                     ` Matt Sealey
2007-05-18 16:31                     ` Kumar Gala
2007-05-18 16:50                       ` Thomas Gleixner
2007-05-18 16:55                         ` Matt Sealey
2007-05-18 16:52                       ` Matt Sealey
2007-07-10 10:52                         ` Gabriel Paubert
2007-07-10 14:24                           ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-07-10 23:31                             ` Paul Mackerras
2007-07-11  0:10                               ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-05-18 20:27                       ` David Miller
2007-05-18 14:56       ` Daniel Walker
2007-05-18 15:06         ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-05-18 15:39           ` Daniel Walker
2007-05-18 15:48             ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-05-19  3:33             ` Paul Mackerras
2007-05-20  2:43               ` Daniel Walker
2007-05-20  3:03                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-20 15:03                   ` Matt Sealey
2007-05-20 21:25                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-20 16:02                   ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-05-20 21:26                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-17 19:27 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-05-17 19:43   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-05-17 19:50     ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-05-17 20:00       ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-05-17 20:53         ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-05-18  5:04           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-18  5:39             ` Dave Liu
2007-05-18  7:08               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-18 13:41                 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-05-18 13:48                   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-05-18 23:27                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-18 23:49                     ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-05-19  0:13                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-30 15:56                     ` Milton Miller
2007-05-19  3:34                   ` Paul Mackerras
2007-10-18 14:45 ` Sergei Shtylyov

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