PMU Multievent

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Supported Combinations
• Steps to Run the Example
• See Also
• Sample Output

Introduction

This example demonstrates the usage of the R5 PMU Driver. The PMU supports three event counters in additional to the cycle counter. So in total we could profile a block of code / or a function for four metrics. The cycle counter is a dedicated counter, but the other three are configurable for various PMU events. In this example, we configure the counters to count these events:

• ICache Miss
• DCache Miss
• DCache Access

Supported Combinations

Steps to Run the Example

• When using CCS projects to build, import the CCS project for the required combination and build it using the CCS project menu (see Using SDK with CCS Projects).
• When using makefiles to build, note the required combination and build using make command (see Using SDK with Makefiles)
• Launch a CCS debug session and run the executable, see CCS Launch, Load and Run
• Please select the UART port used for console as mentioned in Setup UART Terminal

See Also

UART

Sample Output

Shown below is a sample output when the application is run, Please note that application prints in both CCS and UART console.

UART Console:

[PMU Multievent] Starting...
CRC Value: 37090
Profile Point: Fxn2
Cycle Count: 831268
ICache Miss Count: 35
DCache Access Count: 63002
DCache Miss Count: 831280
 
Profile Point: Fxn1
Cycle Count: 3702
ICache Miss Count: 3
DCache Access Count: 1044
DCache Miss Count: 3717
 
Profile Point: Fxn2
Cycle Count: 831268
ICache Miss Count: 35
DCache Access Count: 63002
DCache Miss Count: 831280
 
Profile Point: Fxn3
Cycle Count: 9671
ICache Miss Count: 4
DCache Access Count: 2324
DCache Miss Count: 9654
 
[PMU Multievent] Done...
All tests have passed