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Based on kernel version 3.9. Page generated on 2013-05-02 22:57 EST.

1	* ARM Performance Monitor Units
2	
3	ARM cores often have a PMU for counting cpu and cache events like cache misses
4	and hits. The interface to the PMU is part of the ARM ARM. The ARM PMU
5	representation in the device tree should be done as under:-
6	
7	Required properties:
8	
9	- compatible : should be one of
10		"arm,cortex-a15-pmu"
11		"arm,cortex-a9-pmu"
12		"arm,cortex-a8-pmu"
13		"arm,cortex-a7-pmu"
14		"arm,cortex-a5-pmu"
15		"arm,arm11mpcore-pmu"
16		"arm,arm1176-pmu"
17		"arm,arm1136-pmu"
18	- interrupts : 1 combined interrupt or 1 per core.
19	
20	Example:
21	
22	pmu {
23	        compatible = "arm,cortex-a9-pmu";
24	        interrupts = <100 101>;
25	};
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