Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] docs/about/deprecated: Document RISC-V "pmu-num" deprecation

[Alistair Francis]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 12:52 AM Rob Bradford <rbradford@rivosinc.com> wrote:
>
> This has been replaced by a "pmu-mask" property that provides much more
> flexibility.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Bradford <rbradford@rivosinc.com>
> ---
>  docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> index 8b136320e2..37f3414ef8 100644
> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> @@ -361,6 +361,16 @@ Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text on the 
> command line using the
>  used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance that provides
>  a password via a file, or encrypted.
>
> +CPU device properties
> +'''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +``pmu-num=x`` on RISC-V CPUs (since 8.2)
> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +
> +In order to support more flexible counter configurations this has been
> +replaced by a ``pmu-mask`` property

Can we give an example of how to migrate to pmu-mask?

Alistair

> +
> +
>  Backwards compatibility
>  -----------------------
>
> --
> 2.41.0
>
>