⚠️ Rework hardware performance monitor (HPM) events #811
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The current HPM events are partially redundant and perhaps difficult to understand. This Pr tries to fix that by cleaning up the available HPM events.
This is the list of new and reworked HPM events with (hopefully) improved description:
HPMCNT_EVENT_CY
HPMCNT_EVENT_TM
HPMCNT_EVENT_IR
HPMCNT_EVENT_COMPR
C
ISA extension) instructionHPMCNT_EVENT_WAIT_DIS
HPMCNT_EVENT_WAIT_ALU
HPMCNT_EVENT_BRANCH
HPMCNT_EVENT_BRANCHED
HPMCNT_EVENT_LOAD
A
ISA extension)HPMCNT_EVENT_STORE
A
ISA extension)HPMCNT_EVENT_WAIT_LSU
HPMCNT_EVENT_TRAP