pmcstat.8: Improve description of -T

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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd August 5, 2020
.Dd August 17, 2020
.Dt PMCSTAT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -224,11 +224,40 @@ Allocate a system mode sampling PMC measuring hardware events
specified in
.Ar event-spec .
.It Fl T
Use a top like mode for sampling PMCs. The following hotkeys
can be used: 'A' toggle symbol resolution, 'c+a' switch to accumulative mode, 'c+d'
switch to delta mode, 'I' toggle showing offsets into symbols, 'm' merge PMCs, 'n'
change view, 'p' show next PMC, ' ' pause, 'q' quit. calltree only: 'f' cost under
threshold is seen as a dot.
Use a
.Xr top 1 Ns -like
mode for sampling PMCs. The following hotkeys
can be used:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -compact -width "Ctrl+a" -offset 4n
.It Ic A
Toggle symbol resolution
.Sm off
.It Ic Ctrl + a
.Sm on
Switch to accumulative mode
.Sm off
.It Ic Ctrl + d
.Sm on
Switch to delta mode
.It Ic f
Represent the
.Dq f
cost under
threshold as a dot (calltree only)
.It Ic I
Toggle showing offsets into symbols
.It Ic m
Merge PMCs
.It Ic n
Change view
.It Ic p
Show next PMC
.It Ic q
Quit
.It Ic Space
Pause
.El
.It Fl U
Toggle capturing user-space call traces while in kernel mode.
The default is for sampling PMCs to capture user-space callchain information