Chapter D7
PMU snapshot registers
PMU snapshot registers are an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED extension to an Armv8-A compliant PMU to
support an external core monitor that connects to a system profiler.
It contains the following sections:
• D7.1 PMU snapshot register summary on page D7-472.
• D7.2 PMPCSSR, Snapshot Program Counter Sample Register on page D7-473.
• D7.3 PMCIDSSR, Snapshot CONTEXTIDR_EL1 Sample Register on page D7-474.
• D7.4 PMCID2SSR, Snapshot CONTEXTIDR_EL2 Sample Register on page D7-475.
• D7.5 PMSSSR, PMU Snapshot Status Register on page D7-476.
• D7.6 PMOVSSR, PMU Overflow Status Snapshot Register on page D7-477.
• D7.7 PMCCNTSR, PMU Cycle Counter Snapshot Register on page D7-478.
• D7.8 PMEVCNTSRn, PMU Cycle Counter Snapshot Registers 0-5 on page D7-479.
• D7.9 PMSSCR, PMU Snapshot Capture Register on page D7-480.
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