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[v2,6/6] docs/about/deprecated: Document RISC-V "pmu-num" deprecation

Message ID 20231011145032.81509-7-rbradford@rivosinc.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
Headers show
Series Support discontinuous PMU counters | expand

Commit Message

Rob Bradford Oct. 11, 2023, 2:45 p.m. UTC
This has been replaced by a "pmu-mask" property that provides much more
flexibility.

Signed-off-by: Rob Bradford <rbradford@rivosinc.com>
---
 docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

Comments

LIU Zhiwei Oct. 12, 2023, 9:09 a.m. UTC | #1
On 2023/10/11 22:45, Rob Bradford wrote:
> This has been replaced by a "pmu-mask" property that provides much more
> flexibility.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Bradford <rbradford@rivosinc.com>
> ---
>   docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> index 8b136320e2..37f3414ef8 100644
> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> @@ -361,6 +361,16 @@ Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text on the command line using the
>   used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance that provides
>   a password via a file, or encrypted.
>   
> +CPU device properties
> +'''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +``pmu-num=x`` on RISC-V CPUs (since 8.2)
> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +
> +In order to support more flexible counter configurations this has been
> +replaced by a ``pmu-mask`` property
> +
> +

Acked-by: LIU Zhiwei <zhiwei_liu@linux.alibaba.com>

Zhiwei

>   Backwards compatibility
>   -----------------------
>
Alistair Francis Oct. 16, 2023, 3:49 a.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 12:52 AM Rob Bradford <rbradford@rivosinc.com> wrote:
>
> This has been replaced by a "pmu-mask" property that provides much more
> flexibility.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Bradford <rbradford@rivosinc.com>
> ---
>  docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> index 8b136320e2..37f3414ef8 100644
> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> @@ -361,6 +361,16 @@ Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text on the command line using the
>  used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance that provides
>  a password via a file, or encrypted.
>
> +CPU device properties
> +'''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +``pmu-num=x`` on RISC-V CPUs (since 8.2)
> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +
> +In order to support more flexible counter configurations this has been
> +replaced by a ``pmu-mask`` property

Can we give an example of how to migrate to pmu-mask?

Alistair

> +
> +
>  Backwards compatibility
>  -----------------------
>
> --
> 2.41.0
>
>
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diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 8b136320e2..37f3414ef8 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -361,6 +361,16 @@  Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text on the command line using the
 used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance that provides
 a password via a file, or encrypted.
 
+CPU device properties
+'''''''''''''''''''''
+
+``pmu-num=x`` on RISC-V CPUs (since 8.2)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+In order to support more flexible counter configurations this has been
+replaced by a ``pmu-mask`` property
+
+
 Backwards compatibility
 -----------------------