Performance Counter Control Register Fields Description - Compaq 21264 Hardware Reference Manual

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Table 5–15 describes the performance counter control register fields.
Table 5–15 Performance Counter Control Register Fields Description
Name
SEXT(PCTR0_CTL[47]) [63:48] RO
PCTR0[19:0]
PM_STALLED
PM_KILLED_BM
PCTR1[19:0]
Reserved
SL0
SL1[1:0]
Internal Processor Registers
5–24
Extent Type Description
When read, this field is sign extended from PCTR_CTL[47]. Writes
to this field are ignored.
[47:28] RW Performance counter 0.
PCTR0 is enabled by I_CTL[PCT0_EN] and either I_CTL[SPCE] or
PCTX[PPCE].
In Aggregate mode:
When enabled, PCTR0 is incremented at each cycle by the selected
input. (See Section 6.10.2 for more information.)
On overflow, if enabled by IER_CM[PCEN0],
ISUM[PC0] is set and an interrupt is triggered.
In ProfileMe mode:
On overflow, a count window is opened and PCTR0 is incremented
as described in Section 6.10.3. When the count window overflows, if
enabled by IER_CM[PCEN0], ISUM[PC0] is set and an interrupt is
triggered.
See Table 5–16 for counter modes.
[27] RO The profiled instruction stalled for at least one cycle between the
fetch and map stages of the pipeline.
[26] RO The profiled instruction was killed during or before the cycle in
which it was mapped.
[25:6] RW Performance counter 1.
PCTR1 is enabled by I_CTL[PCT1_EN] and either I_CTL[SPCE] or
PCTX[PPCE].
In Aggregate mode:
When enabled, PCTR1 is incremented at each cycle by the selected
input. (See Section 6.10.2 for more information.)
On overflow, if enabled by IER_CM[PCEN1], ISUM[PC1] is set and
an interrupt is triggered.
In ProfileMe mode, how PCTR1 is incremented is described in Sec-
tion 6.10.3.
In either case, PCTR1 is incremented no more than 1 per cycle.
See Table 5–16 for counter modes.
[5] RO Reads to this field return zero. Writes to this field are ignored.
[4] RW Selector 0.
0 = Aggregate counting mode
1 = ProfileMe mode
See Table 5–16 for more information.
[3:2] RW Selector 1.
Selects counter PCTR0 and PCTR1 modes. See Table 5–16 for more
information.
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