performance counters: x86 support

Implement performance counters for x86 Intel CPUs.

It's simplified right now: the PERFMON CPU feature is assumed,
which is available in Core2 and later Intel CPUs.

The design is flexible to be extended to more CPU types as well.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Ingo Molnar 2008-12-03 10:39:53 +01:00
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