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.Dd March 28, 2012
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.Dt PMC.SOFT 3
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2012-03-29 06:19:00 +00:00
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pmc.soft
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.Nd measurements using software based events
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libpmc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In pmc.h
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Software events are used to collect various source of software events.
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.Ss PMC Features
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16 sampling counters using software events based on various sources.
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These PMCs support the following capabilities:
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.Bl -column "PMC_CAP_INTERRUPT" "Support"
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.It Em Capability Ta Em Support
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.It PMC_CAP_CASCADE Ta \&No
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.It PMC_CAP_EDGE Ta \&No
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.It PMC_CAP_INTERRUPT Ta Yes
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.It PMC_CAP_INVERT Ta \&No
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.It PMC_CAP_READ Ta Yes
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.It PMC_CAP_PRECISE Ta \&No
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.It PMC_CAP_SYSTEM Ta Yes
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.It PMC_CAP_TAGGING Ta \&No
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.It PMC_CAP_THRESHOLD Ta \&No
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.It PMC_CAP_USER Ta Yes
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.It PMC_CAP_WRITE Ta Yes
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.El
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.Ss Event Qualifiers
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There is no supported event qualifier.
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.Pp
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The event specifiers supported by software are:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Li CLOCK.HARD
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Hard clock ticks.
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.It Li CLOCK.STAT
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Stat clock ticks.
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.It Li LOCK.FAILED
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Lock acquisition failed.
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.It Li PAGE_FAULT.ALL
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All page fault type.
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.It Li PAGE_FAULT.READ
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Read page fault.
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.It Li PAGE_FAULT.WRITE
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Write page fault.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr pmc 3 ,
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.Xr pmc.atom 3 ,
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.Xr pmc.core 3 ,
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.Xr pmc.iaf 3 ,
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.Xr pmc.ucf 3 ,
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.Xr pmc.k7 3 ,
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.Xr pmc.k8 3 ,
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.Xr pmc.p4 3 ,
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.Xr pmc.p5 3 ,
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.Xr pmc.p6 3 ,
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.Xr pmc.corei7 3 ,
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.Xr pmc.corei7uc 3 ,
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.Xr pmc.westmereuc 3 ,
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.Xr pmc.tsc 3 ,
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.Xr pmc_cpuinfo 3 ,
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.Xr pmclog 3 ,
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.Xr hwpmc 4
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm pmc
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library first appeared in
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.Fx 6.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Lb libpmc
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library was written by
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.An "Joseph Koshy"
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.Aq jkoshy@FreeBSD.org .
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Software PMC was written by
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.An "Fabien Thomas"
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.Aq fabient@FreeBSD.org .
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