Compaq ECQD2KCTE manual Bits Meaning, Counters Operate Under These Modes When Bits Set, S U P

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Table E–8: 21164PC Select Desired Events for OpenVMS Alpha and DIGITAL UNIX (Continued)

Bits

Name

Meaning

 

 

 

7:4

PCSEL1

Counter 1 event selection. PCSEL1 described in Table E–13.

3:0

PCSEL2

Counter 2 event selection. PCSEL2 described in Table E–14.

 

 

 

Table E–9: 21164/21164PC Select Special Options for OpenVMS Alpha and

 

DIGITAL UNIX

 

 

Bits

Meaning

 

 

63:31

MBZ

30

Stop count in user mode

29:10

MBZ

9

Stop count in PALmode

8

Stop count in kernel mode

7:1

MBZ

0

Monitor selected processes (when clear monitor all processes)

 

 

Setting any of the "NOT" bits causes the counters to not count when the processor is running in the specified mode. Under OpenVMS Alpha, "NOT_KERNEL" also stops the count in execu- tive and supervisor mode, except as noted below:

NOT_BITS

Counters Operate Under These Modes When Bits Set:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K

U

P

 

 

 

 

0

0

0

K E S U P

0

0

1

K

E

S

U

0

1

0

K

E

S

P

0

1

1

K

E

S

 

1

0

0

 

 

 

U P

1

0

1

 

 

 

U

1

1

0

 

 

 

P

1

1

1

 

E

S

(here "NOT_KERNEL" stops kernel counter only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

DIGITAL UNIX counts user mode by using the executive counter; that is, the count for executive mode is returned as the user mode count.

Waivers and Implementation-Dependent Functionality E–17

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