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Alpha 21264/EV67 Hardware Reference Manual
Privileged Architecture Library Code 6–19
Performance Counter Support
The legal range for PCTR0 when writing the IPR is 0:(2**20-16).
The legal range for PCTR1 when writing the IPR is 0:(2**20-4).
6.10.2.2 Operation
1. Setup
The following IPRs need to be set up by PALcode instructions.
2. Count
If PCTR0 and PCTR1 are enabled, will increment according to modes selected by
SL0 and SL1.
3. Overflow
If PCEN[1:0] is enabled, PC[1:0] is set when PCTR0 or PCTR1 overflows.
4. Hardware interrrupt
When PC[1:0] is set, the PALcode interrupt routine is entered. Interrupt is acknowl-
edged and PALcode generates an interrupt to the operating system performance
monitoring utility.
5. Operating system interrupt handler
The handler should read the IPR PCTR_CTL, as shown in Table 6–10, to note
which counter overflowed in the handler's data structures. The handler may read the
counter to see how many events have happened since the overflow.
The handler may also choose to write the counters to control the frequency of inter-
rupts.
IPR Name Relevant Fields Meaning
IER_CM PCEN[1:0] Enable Interrupts.
PCTX PPCE Enable Process Performance Counting or use I_CTL[SPCE].
PCTR_CTL SL0 Selects Aggregate or ProfileMe mode; set to 0 for Aggregate mode.
SL1 Selects PCTR0 and PCTR1 counting modes. See Table 6–11 for more infor-
mation.
PCTR0[19:0] Set counter 0 starting value [0:(2**20-16)]. See Section 6.10.1 for setup
precautions.
PCTR1[19:0] Set counter 1 starting value [0:(2**20-4)]. See Section 6.10.1 for setup pre-
cautions.
I_CTL SPCE Enable System Performance Counting or use PCTX[PPCE].
PCT0_EN Enable performance counter 0.
PCT1_EN Enable performance counter 1.
Table 6–10 Aggregate Mode Returned IPR Contents
IPR Field Contents
PCTR_CTL PCTR0[19:0] Counter #0 value
PCTR1[19:0] Counter #1 value