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PCTR(1) OpenBSD Reference Manual PCTR(1)
NAME
pctr - display CPU performance counters
SYNOPSIS
pctr [-l 5 | 6]
DESCRIPTION
The pctr program is a sample implementation of how to access the pctr(4)
pseudo device available on many i386 compatible machines.
By default, the pctr command displays the current values of the TSC and
any vendor specific counter registers.
OPTIONS
There is one available option:
-l 5 | 6
List all possible vendor specific counters. The argument speci-
fies which ``family'' to display; it defaults to the ``family''
designation of the current processor.
RETURN VALUES
The pctr program exits with a value of 0 on success or 1 on failure.
BUGS
The pctr program is still orientated towards Intel brand microprocessors.
SEE ALSO
pctr(4)
HISTORY
The pctr program appeared in OpenBSD 2.0.
OpenBSD 2.6 August 30, 1998 1
Source: OpenBSD 2.6 man pages. Copyright: Portions are copyrighted by BERKELEY SOFTWARE DESIGN, INC., The Regents of the University of California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Free Software Foundation, FreeBSD Inc., and others. |
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