OPHELP(1)OPHELP(1)NAMEophelp - list OProfile events
SYNOPSISophelp [ options ] [event name]
DESCRIPTION
By default, ophelp lists the available performance counter options. If
you give it a symbolic event name, it will return the hardware value
(e.g. "ophelp DATA_MEM_REFS").
OPTIONS--cpu-type / -c
Show the events for the given numerical CPU type.
--get-cpu-type / -r
Show the symbolic CPU name.
--get-default-event / -d
Show the default event for the specified CPU type.
--check-events / -e [events]
Check the given space-separated event descriptions for validity.
If the events are valid, show which pmu counter each event would
be assigned to.
--callgraph [callgraph_depth]
Use the callgraph depth to compute the higher minimum sampling
intervals for the events.
--unit-mask / -u [event]
Show the default unit mask for the given event.
--extra-mask / -E [event]
Show the extra unit mask for given event.
--xml / -X
List events in XML format.
--help / -? / --usage
Show help message.
--version / -v
Show version.
ENVIRONMENT
No special environment variables are recognised by ophelp.
FILES
$prefix/share/oprofile/
Event description files used by OProfile.
/var/lib/oprofile/samples/
The location of the generated sample files.
VERSION
This man page is current for oprofile-0.9.9.
SEE ALSO
/usr/share/doc/oprofile/, oprofile(1)4th Berkeley Distribution Sat 28 September 2013OPHELP(1)