[Sandesh]

Hi,

I am trying to set the event counter register to count particular event using ARM Cortex R4's performance monitor register.

I followed the steps as in this link..
http://infocenter.ar...aqs/ka4237.html

But it is not counting the events which I set. Only the cycle count is working. I am using RVDS 4.1 prof.

Does RVDS support event counting or is there any configuration error that needs to be corrected?

[ttfn]

What target are you connecting to?

If you are using the models what ship with RVDS, these do not model the PMU counters (except the CCNT - I think).

[Sandesh]

Hi,

I am using the ISSM. Yes it just models the cycle count but not the PMU.

Is there any other tools/simulators available that model PMU for any cortex R or any cortex A series processors?

Thank You.

ttfn, on 25 July 2011 - 08:36 AM, said:

What target are you connecting to?

If you are using the models what ship with RVDS, these do not model the PMU counters (except the CCNT - I think).

[Sandesh]

Hi,

If I use a beagle board as target, will I be able to use the PMC's then?, will the RVDS update the PMC register if I connect to beagle board and program it?

Thank you for your valuable time.

ttfn, on 25 July 2011 - 08:36 AM, said:

What target are you connecting to?

If you are using the models what ship with RVDS, these do not model the PMU counters (except the CCNT - I think).

[ttfn]

If you use real hardware (a board), then yes you will have the PMU present. Remember that by default the PMU is only accessible in privileged modes. User mode access must be manually set if you required.

[Sandesh]

Thank you very much.

I actually want to measure the branch prediction related events accurately for my code and I don't want any background application/process to be running when I run my code. So thereby I'll be getting accurate branch related counter info. Is it possible to use beagle board in this configuration and debug target using RVDS?

I have a panda board with dual cortex A9 in it, but it has to be loaded with boot loader and linux OS. Doing so I cant measure PMC's accurately for my program if I run it on OS. Am I right regarding this or is there a way to go about it? Considering this, and the fact that ARM workbench supports beagle board target I am thinking of switching to beagle board.

Any suggestions will be of great help to me. Thank you for your time.

ttfn, on 28 July 2011 - 12:59 PM, said:

If you use real hardware (a board), then yes you will have the PMU present. Remember that by default the PMU is only accessible in privileged modes. User mode access must be manually set if you required.