NAME

ophelp - list OProfile events

SYNOPSIS

ophelp [ 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.

VERSION

This man page is current for oprofile-1.4.0.