linux/arch/i386
Stephane Eranian bf8696ed6d [PATCH] i386: i386 make NMI use PERFCTR1 for architectural perfmon (take 2)
Hello,

This patch against 2.6.20-git14 makes the NMI watchdog use PERFSEL1/PERFCTR1
instead of PERFSEL0/PERFCTR0 on processors supporting Intel architectural
perfmon, such as Intel Core 2. Although all PMU events can work on
both counters, the Precise Event-Based Sampling (PEBS) requires that the
event be in PERFCTR0 to work correctly (see section 18.14.4.1 in the
IA32 SDM Vol 3b).

A similar patch for x86-64 is to follow.

Changelog:
        - make the i386 NMI watchdog use PERFSEL1/PERFCTR1 instead of PERFSEL0/PERFCTR0
          on processors supporting the Intel architectural perfmon (e.g. Core 2 Duo).
          This allows PEBS to work when the NMI watchdog is active.

signed-off-by: stephane eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-05-02 19:27:05 +02:00
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boot [PATCH] x86: Don't probe for DDC on VBE1.2 2007-04-02 12:14:12 +02:00
crypto [CRYPTO] api: Get rid of flags argument to setkey 2006-09-21 11:41:02 +10:00
kernel [PATCH] i386: i386 make NMI use PERFCTR1 for architectural perfmon (take 2) 2007-05-02 19:27:05 +02:00
lib [PATCH] i386: Add dwarf2 annotations to *_user and checksum functions 2007-05-02 19:27:05 +02:00
mach-default [PATCH] clockevents: i386 drivers 2007-02-16 08:13:59 -08:00
mach-es7000 ACPICA: Remove duplicate table manager 2007-02-02 21:14:28 -05:00
mach-generic [PATCH] i386: make apic probe function non-init 2007-01-11 01:52:44 +01:00
mach-visws [PATCH] visws: sgivwfb as module needs exports 2006-12-08 08:29:07 -08:00
mach-voyager [PATCH] x86: fix PDA variables to work during boot 2007-01-22 19:39:36 -08:00
math-emu [PATCH] i386: avoid gcc extension 2007-02-13 13:26:24 +01:00
mm [PATCH] i386: adjustments to page table dump during oops (v4) 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
oprofile Replace remaining references to "driverfs" with "sysfs". 2007-02-17 19:13:42 +01:00
pci [PATCH] MSI-X: fix resume crash 2007-03-28 13:59:37 -07:00
power Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2006-12-07 08:59:11 -08:00
defconfig [PATCH] i386: Update defconfig 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
Kconfig [PATCH] Fix VMI and COMPAT_VDSO for 2.6.21 2007-03-12 16:33:51 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu [PATCH] i386: Add an option for the VIA C7 which sets appropriate L1 cache 2007-05-02 19:27:05 +02:00
Kconfig.debug [PATCH] i386: Paravirt debug defaults off 2007-02-13 13:26:22 +01:00
Makefile [PATCH] x86: add -freg-struct-return to CFLAGS 2007-02-26 12:53:30 -08:00
Makefile.cpu [PATCH] i386: Add an option for the VIA C7 which sets appropriate L1 cache 2007-05-02 19:27:05 +02:00