tools: README records the watch-engine run already done for v4

The page still called all three measurements owed to the submission,
while the v4 cover letter already reports the watch-engine hour on one
board. Say so, and ask for runs on other boards and BIOSes.
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# Hardware measurements still owed to the submission
# Hardware measurements for the submission
Three scripts, meant to be run by hand on an X299 (or Cascade Lake-X) system
with the PCU function `8086:2085`. None of them is run by CI and none is run by
`make test`.
Output of all three belongs in the cover letter or in a reply on the list, as
raw numbers. Do not paraphrase them.
raw numbers. Do not paraphrase them. Results from more boards are wanted: what
the v4 cover letter reports comes from a single system.
| Script | Answers | Writes to hardware |
| --- | --- | --- |
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ suspend/resume cycle, with the observed change count. A non-zero count on a
system means the driver must not be loaded there, and is itself a result worth
reporting.
Done on one board for v4: one hour at a 2 s interval with the driver unloaded,
1791 samples, 0 changes (see the v4 cover letter). Runs on other boards and
BIOSes are still wanted.
## 2. `dump-pcu-config.sh` — register survey (read-only)
Dumps the function's 4 KB config space twice and diffs them, then prints the