linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] arm64/perf: Rename Cortex A57 events

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Message-ID: <20160215194037.GU6298@arm.com>
Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 2016 19:40:38 +0000
From:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:	Jan Glauber <jglauber@...ium.com>
Cc:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] arm64/perf: Rename Cortex A57 events

On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 06:11:56PM +0100, Jan Glauber wrote:
> The implemented Cortex A57 events are not A57 specific.
> They are recommended by ARM and can be found on other
> ARMv8 SOCs like Cavium ThunderX too. Therefore move
> these events to the common PMUv3 table.

I can't find anything in the architecture that suggests these event
numbers are necessarily portable between implementations. Am I missing
something?

Will