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FVC_EVx.bcmd_match event may be monitored at any given time. The same holds true for
FVC_EVx.resp_match
FVC_EV1
• Title: FVC Event 1
• Category: FVC Events
• Event Code: 0x0e, Max. Inc/Cyc: 1,
• Definition: Measure an FVC related event.
• NOTE: It is possible to program the FVC register such that up to 4 events from the FVC can be inde-
pendently monitored. However, the bcmd_match and resp_match subevents depend on the setting of
additional bits in the FVC register (11:9 and 8:5 respectively). Therefore, only ONE
FVC_EVx.bcmd_match event may be monitored at any given time. The same holds true for
FVC_EVx.resp_match
Table 2-89. Unit Masks for FVC_EV0
Extension
FVC
[13:11]
FVC
[10:8]
FVC
[7:5]
Description
SMI_CRC_ERR
0x0
Count link level Intel SMI CRC errors
MEM_ECC_ERR
0x1
Count memory ECC errors (that is not a link-level
CRC error)
POISON_TXN
0x2
Count poison (directory of a write to memory was
encoded as poisoned) transactions
ALERT_FRAMES
0x3
Counts alert frames
FAST_RESET
0x4
Fast reset request from M-Boxes
BBOX_CMDS.READS
0x5
0x0
Reads commands to M box from B box (e.g. reads
from memory)
BBOX_CMDS.WRITES
0x5
0x1
Write commands from B box to M box (e.g. writes to
memory)
BBOX_RSP.ACK
0x6
0x0
Counts positive acknowledgements. No error was
detected.
BBOX_RSP.RETRY
0x6
0x1
Count Retry Responses. Possibly a correctable error.
Retries are generated until it is decided that the error
was either correctable or uncorrectable.
BBOX_RSP.COR
0x6
0x2
Counts corrected (for example, after error trials or
just by a retry)
BBOX_RSP.UNCOR
0x6
0x3
Count Uncorrectable Responses.
BBOX_RSP.SPEC_ACK
0x6
0x4
Speculative positive acknowledgement for optimized
read flow. No error was detected for the transaction.
BBOX_RSP.SPR_ACK
0x6
0x5
Count positive acknowledgements for command to
misbehaving DIMM during sparing. No error was
detected for the transaction.
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0x6
0x6
(*nothing will be counted*)
BBOX_RSP.SPR_UNCOR
0x6
0x7
Counts Uncorrectable responses to B-Box as a result
of commands issued to misbehaving DIMM during
sparing
SMI_NB_TRIG
0x7
Select Intel SMI Northbound debug event bits from
Intel SMI status frames as returned from the Intel
7500 Scalable Memory Buffers. Used for Debug
purposes
Table 2-90. Unit Masks for FVC_EV1 (Sheet 1 of 2)
Extension
FVC
[16:14]
FVC
[10:8]
FVC
[7:5]
Description
SMI_CRC_ERR
0x0
Count link level Intel SMI CRC errors
MEM_ECC_ERR
0x1
Count memory ECC errors (that is not a link-level
CRC error)