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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt index 9898a32b8d9c..cac3dfbee7d8 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt @@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. -e <event>:: --event=<event>:: Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name - (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU - event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a - hexadecimal event descriptor. + (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU event in the form + of rN where N is a hexadecimal value that represents the raw register + encoding with the layout of the event control registers as described + by entries in /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/cpu/format/*. -E <entries>:: --entries=<entries>:: |