Can we use PMU(Performance Measuring Unit) on Cortex A8 for calculating cycles on Simulator without hardware?

ARMv7A family members will have PMU on the processor. Using this PMU, we can access cycle counts. Can we relay on this using the simulator?
Can we use PMU(Performance Measuring Unit) on Cortex A8 for calculating cycles on Simulator without hardware?

ARMv7A family members will have PMU on the processor. Using this PMU, we can access cycle counts. Can we relay on this using the simulator?
How can I do profiling in DS-5 without hardware

Dear all How can I do profiling in DS-5 without hardware platform. and another question : Why in RVDS 4.1 we had this feature (profiler utility + RTSM model) but in DS-5 it seems this feature is canceled...
How can I do profiling in DS-5 without hardware

Dear all How can I do profiling in DS-5 without hardware platform. and another question : Why in RVDS 4.1 we had this feature (profiler utility + RTSM model) but in DS-5 it seems this feature is canceled...
Debugging without hardware debugger

Note: This was originally posted on 23rd December 2009 at http://forums.arm.com Hi, I have a arm cortex based hardware in which there is a propriety OS is running. For debugging we use third party hardware...