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@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
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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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@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ layout of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs (see [Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Softwar
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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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