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@@ -324,6 +324,11 @@ architecture that can be enabled by the platform as desired.
as recommended in section "4.7 Non-Temporal Loads/Stores" of the
`Cortex-A57 Software Optimization Guide`_.
+- ``NEOVERSE_N1_EXTERNAL_LLC``: This flag indicates that an external last
+ level cache(LLC) is present in the system, and that the DataSource field
+ on the master CHI interface indicates when data is returned from the LLC.
+ This is used to control how the LL_CACHE* PMU events count.
+
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