Fix typos, use American English spellings.

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jkoshy 2009-08-23 07:29:34 +00:00
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@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ In other words, the counter will increment only once whenever a given
condition becomes true, irrespective of the number of clocks during
which the condition remains true.
.It Li inv
Invert the sense of comparision when the
Invert the sense of comparison when the
.Dq Li count
qualifier is present, making the counter to increment when the
number of events per cycle is less than the value specified by
@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Count all retired branches (conditional, unconditional, exceptions
and interrupts).
.It Li k7-retired-branches-mispredicted
.Pq Event C3H
Count all misprediced retired branches.
Count all mispredicted retired branches.
.It Li k7-retired-far-control-transfers
.Pq Event C6H
Count retired far control transfers.

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@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ In other words, the counter will increment only once whenever a given
condition becomes true, irrespective of the number of clocks during
which the condition remains true.
.It Li inv
Invert the sense of comparision when the
Invert the sense of comparison when the
.Dq Li count
qualifier is present, making the counter to increment when the
number of events per cycle is less than the value specified by

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@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ See
below for more information.
.It Li edge
Configure the counter to count false to true transitions of the threshold
comparision output.
comparison output.
This qualifier only takes effect if a threshold qualifier has also been
specified.
.It Li complement
@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ Count cycles when the processor is active.
.It Li p4-instr-retired Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar flags
.Pq "TS event"
Count instructions retired during a clock cycle.
Qualifer
Qualifier
.Ar flags
comprises of the following strings separated by
.Ql +
@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ Count read entries.
.It Li all-write
Count write entries.
.It Li mem-uc
Count entries accessing uncacheable memory.
Count entries accessing un-cacheable memory.
.It Li mem-wc
Count entries accessing write-combining memory.
.It Li mem-wt
@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ The default is 0.
The
.Dq Li edge
qualifier should not be used when counting cycles with this event.
The exact behaviour of this event depends on the processor revision.
The exact behavior of this event depends on the processor revision.
.It Li p4-ioq-allocation Xo
.Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar qualifier
.Op Li ,busreqtype= Ns Ar req-type
@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ Count read entries.
.It Li all-write
Count write entries.
.It Li mem-uc
Count entries accessing uncacheable memory.
Count entries accessing un-cacheable memory.
.It Li mem-wc
Count entries accessing write-combining memory.
.It Li mem-wt
@ -676,10 +676,10 @@ The
.Dq Li edge
qualifier is normally used with this event to prevent multiple
counting.
The exact behaviour of this event depends on the processor revision.
The exact behavior of this event depends on the processor revision.
.It Li p4-itlb-reference Op mask= Ns Ar qualifier
.Pq "TS event"
Count translations using the intruction translation look-aside
Count translations using the instruction translation look-aside
buffer.
The
.Ar qualifier
@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ Count ITLB hits.
.It Li miss
Count ITLB misses.
.It Li hit-uc
Count uncacheable ITLB hits.
Count un-cacheable ITLB hits.
.El
.Pp
If no
@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ Count non-bogus retired branch instructions.
.It Li p4-machine-clear Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar flags
.Pq "TS event"
Count the number of pipeline clears seen by the processor.
Qualifer
Qualifier
.Ar flags
is a list of the following strings separated by
.Ql +
@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ The default qualifier is
.Dq Li clear .
.It Li p4-memory-cancel Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar event-list
.Pq "TS event"
Count the cancelling of various kinds of requests in the data cache
Count the canceling of various kinds of requests in the data cache
address control unit of the CPU.
The qualifier
.Ar event-list
@ -773,8 +773,8 @@ If
is not specified, then the default is to count both kinds of events.
.It Li p4-memory-complete Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar event-list
.Pq "TS event"
Count the completion of load split, store split, uncacheable split and
uncacheable load operations selected by qualifier
Count the completion of load split, store split, un-cacheable split and
un-cacheable load operations selected by qualifier
.Ar event-list .
The qualifier
.Ar event-list
@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ separated list of the following flags:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
.It Li lsc
Count load splits completed, excluding loads from uncacheable or
Count load splits completed, excluding loads from un-cacheable or
write-combining areas.
.It Li ssc
Count any split stores completed.
@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ The default qualifier counts all the above kinds of uops.
.Pq "TS event"
This event is used in conjunction with the front-end at-retirement
mechanism to tag load and store uops.
Qualifer
Qualifier
.Ar flags
comprises the following strings separated by
.Ql +
@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ WC buffer evictions due to any cause.
WC buffer evictions due to no WC buffer being available.
.El
.Pp
The default qualifer counts both kinds of evictions.
The default qualifier counts both kinds of evictions.
.It Li p4-x87-assist Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar flags
.Pq "TS event"
Count the retirement of x87 instructions that required special

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@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ Configure the PMC to increment only if the number of configured
events measured in a cycle is greater than or equal to
.Ar value .
.It Li edge
Configure the PMC to count the number of deasserted to asserted
Configure the PMC to count the number of de-asserted to asserted
transitions of the conditions expressed by the other qualifiers.
If specified, the counter will increment only once whenever a
condition becomes true, irrespective of the number of clocks during
which the condition remains true.
.It Li inv
Invert the sense of comparision when the
Invert the sense of comparison when the
.Dq Li cmask
qualifier is present, making the counter increment when the number of
events per cycle is less than the value specified by the
@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ Count SSE2 scalar-double instructions.
.El
.Pp
The default is to count SSE packed-single instructions.
.It Li p6-emon-sse-sse2-inst-retired Op Li ,umask= Ns Ar qualifer
.It Li p6-emon-sse-sse2-inst-retired Op Li ,umask= Ns Ar qualifier
.Pq Event D8H , Tn "Pentium M"
Count the number of SSE instructions retired.
An additional qualifier can be specified, and can be one of the