Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: microchip: sama7d65: add Cortex-A7 PMU node

From: Claudiu Beznea

Date: Mon Mar 23 2026 - 06:49:01 EST


Hi, Mihai,

On 1/26/26 15:10, Mihai Sain wrote:
Add the Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) node with the appropriate
compatible string, interrupt line, and affinity so that perf and other
PMU‑based tooling can function correctly on this SoC.

[root@SAMA7D65 ~]$ dmesg | grep -i pmu
[ 1.487869] hw-perfevents: enabled with armv7_cortex_a7 PMU driver, 5 (8000000f) counters available

[root@SAMA7D65 ~]$ perf list hw
List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e or -M):

branch-instructions OR branches [Hardware event]
branch-misses [Hardware event]
bus-cycles [Hardware event]
cache-misses [Hardware event]
cache-references [Hardware event]
cpu-cycles OR cycles [Hardware event]
instructions [Hardware event]

Signed-off-by: Mihai Sain <mihai.sain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/boot/dts/microchip/sama7d65.dtsi | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/microchip/sama7d65.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/microchip/sama7d65.dtsi
index 868045c650a7..1e1ca4f93969 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/microchip/sama7d65.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/microchip/sama7d65.dtsi
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ L2: l2-cache {
};
};
+ pmu {
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a7-pmu";
+ interrupts = <GIC_SPI 107 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+ interrupt-affinity = <&cpu0>;

According to the documentation [1] interrupt-affinity is not needed here. Could you please check?

[1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v7.0-rc4/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/pmu.yaml#L107

Thank you,
Claudiu