linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] perf, x86: perf, x86: Add support for AMD family 15h core counters

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Date:	Wed, 2 Feb 2011 21:38:45 +0100
From:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
To:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] perf, x86: perf, x86: Add support for AMD family 15h
 core counters

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com> 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
>  different MSR ranges (core: MSRC001_02[0B:00], nb:
>  MSRC001_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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