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1*53548f91SRobert Mustacchi#
2*53548f91SRobert Mustacchi# This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the
3*53548f91SRobert Mustacchi# Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0.
4*53548f91SRobert Mustacchi# You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version
5*53548f91SRobert Mustacchi# 1.0 of the CDDL.
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7*53548f91SRobert Mustacchi# A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this
8*53548f91SRobert Mustacchi# source.  A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at
9*53548f91SRobert Mustacchi# http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL.
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12*53548f91SRobert Mustacchi#
13*53548f91SRobert Mustacchi# Copyright (c) 2018, Joyent, Inc.
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16*53548f91SRobert MustacchiPerformance Monitoring Data
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18*53548f91SRobert MustacchiThese data files describe the performance monitoring events that
19*53548f91SRobert Mustacchidifferent CPUs support. This data is provided by Intel at
20*53548f91SRobert Mustacchihttps://download.01.org/perfmon/. This data is transformed into manual
21*53548f91SRobert Mustacchipages and C files that are used to implement the kernel performance
22*53548f91SRobert Mustacchimonitoring interfaces. Currently a subset of the events are supported.
23*53548f91SRobert MustacchiFor more information, see the cpcgen tool.
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