AMD 3200 Revision History - Page 66

Performance, Counter, Incorrectly, Count, MXCSR, Loads

Page 66 highlights

Revision Guide for AMD Family 15h Models 00h-0Fh Processors 48063 Rev. 3.18 October 2012 693 Performance Counter May Incorrectly Count MXCSR Loads Description The processor may incorrectly increment the following performance counter due to XRSTOR, FXRSTOR, LDMXCSR or VLDMXCSR instructions loading the MXCSR register: • PMCx003 (Retired Floating Point Ops) Potential Effect on System Performance monitoring software will not have an accurate count of the number of retired floating point operations reported by the above performance counter. Suggested Workaround None. Fix Planned No fix planned 66 Product Errata

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91

693
Performance
Counter
May
Incorrectly
Count
MXCSR
Loads
Description
The
processor
may
incorrectly
increment
the
following
performance
counter
due
to
XRSTOR
,
FXRSTOR
,
LDMXCSR
or
VLDMXCSR
instructions
loading
the
MXCSR
register
:
PMCx
003 (
Retired
Floating
Point
Ops
Potential
Effect
on
System
Performance
monitoring
software
will
not
have
an
accurate
count
of
the
number
of
retired
floating
point
operations
reported
by
the
above
performance
counter
.
Suggested
Workaround
None
.
Fix
Planned
No
fix
planned
Revision
Guide
for
AMD
Family
15
h
Models
00
h-
0
Fh
Processors
48063
Rev
. 3.18
October
2012
66
Product
Errata