Re: [PATCH] Remove Powerpc OProfile events the kernel will reject

> 
> The patch for eliminating the problem power 8 pmu events looks reasonable, so I committed it to the oprofile repository.  Thanks for the fix.
> 
> When a proper pointer to the power8 pmu counter documentation becomes available there should be a patch to utils/ophelp.c.  It currently has the following in there, but search for "Power ISA 2.07" doesn't turn up anything on the www.power.org website.
> 
> 	case CPU_PPC64_ARCH_V1:
> 	case CPU_PPC64_POWER8:
> 		event_doc =
> 			"This processor type is fully supported with operf.\n"
> 			"See Power ISA 2.07 at https://www.power.org/\n\n";
> 		break;
Will:

OK, still pushing for a good link.  So far, I just got a new link for
Power 7.  Still pushing for a link for Power 8.  It sounds like the
available Power 8 documentation is limited but there are plans for
updating it with more detail.  I will work on a patch when I get a link
for Power 8.

               Carl Love


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