Re: [PATCH 0/5] perf, x86: perf, x86: Add support for AMD family 15hcore counters

From: Stephane Eranian
Date: Wed Feb 02 2011 - 15:38:58 EST


On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> This patch set adds support for AMD family 15h core counters. Major
> changes compared to family 10h counters are:
>
> * Now there are separate northbridge and core counters that resides in
> Âdifferent MSR ranges (core: MSRC001_02[0B:00], nb:
> ÂMSRC001_02[47:40]).
>
That leads me to believe, that Fam15h core and uncore PMUs should
be treated completely separately like the Ming's patch for Nehalem uncore.
That would also be true for the Northbridge support of libpfm4.
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