linux/arch/powerpc
Paul Mackerras 079b3c569c perf_counter: powerpc: Change how processor-specific back-ends get selected
At present, the powerpc generic (processor-independent) perf_counter
code has list of processor back-end modules, and at initialization,
it looks at the PVR (processor version register) and has a switch
statement to select a suitable processor-specific back-end.

This is going to become inconvenient as we add more processor-specific
back-ends, so this inverts the order: now each back-end checks whether
it applies to the current processor, and registers itself if so.
Furthermore, instead of looking at the PVR, back-ends now check the
cur_cpu_spec->oprofile_cpu_type string and match on that.

Lastly, each back-end now specifies a name for itself so the core can
print a nice message when a back-end registers itself.

This doesn't provide any support for unregistering back-ends, but that
wouldn't be hard to do and would allow back-ends to be modules.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org
LKML-Reference: <19000.55529.762227.518531@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-18 11:11:45 +02:00
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boot powerpc/install: Bail with error code on error in install script 2009-06-15 13:26:16 +10:00
configs Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging 2009-06-16 11:29:17 -07:00
include/asm perf_counter: powerpc: Change how processor-specific back-ends get selected 2009-06-18 11:11:45 +02:00
kernel perf_counter: powerpc: Change how processor-specific back-ends get selected 2009-06-18 11:11:45 +02:00
kvm KVM: Fix interrupt unhalting a vcpu when it shouldn't 2009-06-10 11:48:33 +03:00
lib powerpc: Move dma-noncoherent.c from arch/powerpc/lib to arch/powerpc/mm 2009-05-27 16:32:05 +10:00
math-emu powerpc/math-emu: Fix efp dependence 2009-03-11 06:00:08 -05:00
mm Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2009-06-15 09:32:52 -07:00
oprofile powerpc/oprofile: Remove unused dump_pmcs() in FSL oprofile 2009-05-19 00:46:13 -05:00
platforms perf_counter: powerpc: Enable use of software counters on 32-bit powerpc 2009-06-18 11:11:44 +02:00
sysdev Merge commit 'origin/master' into next 2009-06-12 16:53:38 +10:00
xmon powerpc/xmon: Remove unused variable in xmon.c 2009-06-09 16:47:40 +10:00
Kconfig perf_counter: powerpc: Enable use of software counters on 32-bit powerpc 2009-06-18 11:11:44 +02:00
Kconfig.debug powerpc: Keep track of emulated instructions 2009-05-21 15:44:26 +10:00
Makefile powerpc: Move VMX and VSX asm code to vector.S 2009-06-09 16:46:25 +10:00