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| author | Takashi Yamamoto <TakashiA.Yamamoto@jp.sony.com> | 2008-01-19 07:32:46 +1100 |
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| committer | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2008-01-25 22:52:53 +1100 |
| commit | 781749a46b34dc5c9e4000df7b9d37d675c17463 (patch) | |
| tree | 98b51b049f48804978c9139db6427945a1186963 /arch | |
| parent | ed7570022a42a60ecb67c53f429bc96c7bc5597d (diff) | |
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[POWERPC] PS3: Add logical performance monitor driver support
Add PS3 logical performance monitor (lpm) device driver.
The PS3's LV1 hypervisor provides a Logical Performance Monitor that
abstracts the Cell processor's performance monitor features for use
by guest operating systems.
Signed-off-by: Takashi Yamamoto <TakashiA.Yamamoto@jp.sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig index 298f1c9679fb..a3d708fe5709 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig @@ -138,4 +138,17 @@ config PS3_FLASH be disabled on the kernel command line using "ps3flash=off", to not allocate this fixed buffer. +config PS3_LPM + tristate "PS3 Logical Performance Monitor support" + depends on PPC_PS3 + help + Include support for the PS3 Logical Performance Monitor. + + This support is required to use the logical performance monitor + of the PS3's LV1 hypervisor. + + If you intend to use the advanced performance monitoring and + profiling support of the Cell processor with programs like + oprofile and perfmon2, then say Y or M, otherwise say N. + endmenu |
