ARM-A57.md

+# Architecture specific notes for ARM® A57 (ARMv8)
+
+## Performance groups
+
+[ARM® A57 Performance groups](https://github.com/RRZE-HPC/likwid/tree/master/groups/arm8)
+
+## Events
+The input file for the events on ARM® A57 (ARMv8) can be found [here](https://github.com/RRZE-HPC/likwid/blob/master/src/includes/perfmon_a57_events.txt).
+
+## Counters
+- [Core-local counters](https://github.com/RRZE-HPC/likwid/wiki/ARM-A57#core-local-counter)
+  - [General-purpose counters](https://github.com/RRZE-HPC/likwid/wiki/ARM-A57#general-purpose-counters)
+
+
+### Core-local counters
+#### General-purpose counters
+The ARM® A57 (ARMv8) microarchitecture provides 6 general-purpose counters consisting of a config and a counter register.
+
+<TABLE>
+<TR>
+  <TH>Counter name</TH>
+  <TH>Event name</TH>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+  <TD>PMC0</TD>
+  <TD>*</TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+  <TD>PMC1</TD>
+  <TD>*</TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+  <TD>PMC2</TD>
+  <TD>*</TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+  <TD>PMC3</TD>
+  <TD>*</TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+  <TD>PMC4</TD>
+  <TD>*</TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+  <TD>PMC5</TD>
+  <TD>*</TD>
+</TR>
+</TABLE>
+
+Currently no options are available for ARM&reg; A57 (ARMv8). All handling is managed by perf_event.