HP Caliper User Guide Release 5.5 (5900-2351, August 2012)

Dual-core Itanium 2 processor
HyperThreading information, 113
E
ecount measurement report description, 204
Enabling the PMU, 162
Environment variables
HP Caliper, 103
Error messages, 165
Event name abbreviation error, 93
Event name abbreviations
showing, 94
Event set descriptions for cpu measurement, 230
Event sets
brpath, 230
brpred, 231
c2c, 233
cpi, 234
cpubus, 236
cspec, 237
dispersal, 238
dspec, 239
fp, 241
l1dcache, 243
l1icache, 244
l2cache, 246
l2dcache, 248
l2icache, 249
l3cache, 251
memreq, 253
queues, 254
snoop, 256
stall, 257
sysbux, 259
threadswitch, 261
tlb, 264
Example of how to use HP Caliper, 20
F
fcount measurement report description, 206
fcover measurement report description, 207
Features available only on HP-UX, 153
Features of HP Caliper, 19
fp event set, 241
fprof measurement report description, 208
fprof sampling on multiple PMU Counters, 45
Function details, 108
Function naming, 112
G
Generating test suite reports, 100
Getting help, 49
Global measurement, 26
gprof fallacy, 132
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, 113
HyperThreading status, 113
I
I/O error, 29
icache measurement report description, 213
Identifying performance problems, 27
info command see caliper info command
Information about HP Caliper, 30
Initialization file see .caliperinit file
Instruction dispersal, 238
Instructions Labeled STUB error message, 165
Instructions, adding to report, 24
Integrity Virtual Machine environment
using HP Caliper in, 18
Invalid measurement error, 165
itanium2_cpu_counters.txt file, 93
itlb measurement report description, 217
K
Kernel patch error message, 167
Kernel patch PHKL_34020, 121
L
l1dcache event set, 243
l1icache event set, 244
l2cache event set, 246
l2dcache event set, 248
l2icache event set, 249
l3cache event set, 251
latest file, 114
Layout of reports, 104
Limiting PMU measurements, 162
Load modules
collecting data for, 94
M
Machine instructions
omitting from reports, 51
Makefile
including HP Caliper commands in, 99
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