HP Caliper 5.3 User Guide (5900-1558, February 2011)

Dual-core Itanium 2 processor
HyperThreading information, 112
E
ecount measurement report description, 197
Enabling the PMU, 161
Environment variables
HP Caliper, 103
Error messages, 164
Event name abbreviation error, 93
Event name abbreviations
showing, 94
Event set descriptions for cpu measurement, 219
Event sets
brpath, 219
brpred, 220
c2c, 222
cpi, 223
cpubus, 225
cspec, 226
dispersal, 227
dspec, 228
fp, 230
l1dcache, 232
l1icache, 233
l2cache, 235
l2dcache, 237
l2icache, 238
l3cache, 240
memreq, 242
queues, 243
snoop, 244
stall, 245
sysbux, 247
threadswitch, 249
tlb, 250
Example of how to use HP Caliper, 20
F
fcount measurement report description, 199
fcover measurement report description, 199
Features available only on HP-UX, 152
Features of HP Caliper, 19
fp event set, 230
fprof measurement report description, 200
fprof sampling on multiple PMU Counters, 45
Function details, 107
Function naming, 111
G
Generating test suite reports, 100
Getting help, 49
Global measurement, 26
gprof fallacy, 131
Granularity
controlling, 96
Graphical user interface see GUI
GUI, 31
H
Home directory, 42
HP Caliper
commands for basic tasks, 28
configuring, 91
environment variables, 103
example of how to use, 20
features, 19
GUI, 31
information about, 30
options, 47
overview, 16
quick reference, 28
HP Caliper Advisor see Advisor
command line, 78
report, 82
steps in using, 77
HP Caliper home directory, 42
HyperThreading information, 112
HyperThreading status, 112
I
I/O error, 29
icache measurement report description, 204
Identifying performance problems, 27
info command see caliper info command
Information about HP Caliper, 30
Initialization file see .caliperinit file
Instruction dispersal, 227
Instructions Labeled STUB error message, 164
Instructions, adding to report, 24
Integrity Virtual Machine environment
using HP Caliper in, 18
Invalid measurement error, 164
itanium2_cpu_counters.txt file, 93
itlb measurement report description, 208
K
Kernel patch error message, 166
Kernel patch PHKL_34020, 120
L
l1dcache event set, 232
l1icache event set, 233
l2cache event set, 235
l2dcache event set, 237
l2icache event set, 238
l3cache event set, 240
latest file, 113
Layout of reports, 104
Limiting PMU measurements, 161
Load modules
collecting data for, 94
M
Machine instructions
omitting from reports, 51
Makefile
including HP Caliper commands in, 100
260 Index