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Jiri Olsa641cc932012-03-15 20:09:14 +01001Where: /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<dev>/format
2Date: January 2012
3Kernel Version: 3.3
4Contact: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
5Description:
6 Attribute group to describe the magic bits that go into
7 perf_event_attr::config[012] for a particular pmu.
8 Each attribute of this group defines the 'hardware' bitmask
9 we want to export, so that userspace can deal with sane
10 name/value pairs.
11
Michael Ellermanfd851782013-05-10 17:33:00 +020012 Userspace must be prepared for the possibility that attributes
13 define overlapping bit ranges. For example:
14 attr1 = 'config:0-23'
15 attr2 = 'config:0-7'
16 attr3 = 'config:12-35'
17
Jiri Olsa641cc932012-03-15 20:09:14 +010018 Example: 'config1:1,6-10,44'
19 Defines contents of attribute that occupies bits 1,6-10,44 of
20 perf_event_attr::config1.