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author | Jason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-08-30 22:58:04 +0000 |
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committer | Jason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-08-30 22:58:04 +0000 |
commit | 746fd6776313e876b747a147f4b3862bcf4b410f (patch) | |
tree | a400c36ccf295003e8979922739fc5d8167ce64a /usr.bin/pctr/pctr.1 | |
parent | 79fb2c9237423d72676fca3f2a7a2dc1bcf1c1f2 (diff) |
Add a manpage.
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diff --git a/usr.bin/pctr/pctr.1 b/usr.bin/pctr/pctr.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f5f9d65f839 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/pctr/pctr.1 @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: pctr.1,v 1.1 1998/08/30 22:58:03 downsj Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1998, Jason Downs. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR(S) ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS +.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED +.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE +.\" DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, +.\" INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES +.\" (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR +.\" SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER +.\" CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd August 30, 1998 +.Dt PCTR 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pctr +.Nd display cpu performance counters +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl l Ar 5 | 6 +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +program is a sample implementation of how to access the +.Xr pctr 4 +pseudo device available on many i386 compatible machines. +.Pp +By default, the +.Nm +command displays the current values of the TSC and any vendor specific +counter registers. +.Sh OPTIONS +.Bl -tag -width indent +There is one available option: +.It Fl l Ar 5 | 6 +List all possible vendor specific counters. The argument specifies which +.Dq family +to display; it defaults to the +.Dq family +designation of the current processor. +.El +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Nm +program exits with a value of 0 on success, and 1 on failure. +.Sh BUGS +The +.Nm +program is still orientated towards Intel brand microprocessors. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pctr 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +program appeared in +.Ox 2.0 . |