perf list: Update documentation about raw event setup
It was missing that only certain bit fields are passed to the config value which confused users. Updating it. Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344361396-7237-6-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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This command displays the symbolic event types which can be selected in the
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various perf commands with the -e option.
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[[EVENT_MODIFIERS]]
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EVENT MODIFIERS
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of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs) or AMD's PerfEvtSeln (see [AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 2: System Programming], Page 344,
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Figure 13-7 Performance Event-Select Register (PerfEvtSeln)).
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Note: Only the following bit fields can be set in x86 counter
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registers: event, umask, edge, inv, cmask. Esp. guest/host only and
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OS/user mode flags must be setup using <<EVENT_MODIFIERS, EVENT
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MODIFIERS>>.
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Example:
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If the Intel docs for a QM720 Core i7 describe an event as:
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