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From:   Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>
To:     Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>,
        Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@i2se.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: bcm2835: Add the PMU to the devicetree.
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Date:   Thu, 17 May 2018 18:09:34 +0100
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Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> writes:

> On Thu, 17 May 2018, Stefan Wahren wrote:
>
>>=20
>> > Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net> hat am 17. Mai 2018 um 15:17 geschrieben:
>> >=20
>> >=20
>> > The a53 and a7 counters seem to match up, so we advertise a7 so that
>> > arm32 can probe.
>
> so how closely did you look at the a53/a7 differences?  I see some major=
=20
> differences, especially with the CPU_CYCLES event (0xff vs 0x11).

I'm a bit lost in the code, but it seemed like the 0xff was a
placeholder for a bit of special behavior, but that the cpu_cycles ->
ARMV7_PERFCTR_CLOCK_CYCLES mapping got you that same value in the end.

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