Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:10:13 +0100 | From | Jiri Olsa <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 6/6][v3] perf: Document the ABI of perf sysfs entries |
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On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 09:46:54AM -0800, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: > Jiri Olsa [jolsa@redhat.com] wrote:
SNIP
> + > +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > + Linux Powerpc mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org> > + > +Description: POWER-systems specific performance monitoring events > + > + A collection of performance monitoring events that may be > + supported by the POWER CPU. These events can be monitored > + using the 'perf(1)' tool. > + > + These events may not be supported by other CPUs. > + > + The contents of each file would look like: > + > + event=0xNNNN > + > + where 'N' is a hex digit and the number '0xNNNN' shows the > + "raw code" for the perf event identified by the file's > + "basename". > + > + Further, multiple terms like 'event=0xNNNN' can be specified > + and separated with comma. All available terms are defined in > + the /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<dev>/format file.
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
thanks, jirka
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