On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 11:46:25AM -0400, Dan Terpstra wrote:
> That's what PAPI uses.
> Is the name parsing case sensitive?
> If so, the event name would be: "global_power_events:RUNNING"

Event names and unit masks are not case sensitive.

> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:perfmon-
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephane Eranian
> > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:22 AM
> > To: Kevin Corry
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Vince Weaver
> > Subject: Re: [perfmon] calculating CPI on Pentium 4
> > 
> > Vince,
> > 
> > I think you need to use GLOBAL_POWER_EVNENTS:RUNNING to get the equivalent
> > of CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.
> > 
> > On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 10:08:00AM -0500, Kevin Corry wrote:
> > > Hi Vince,
> > >
> > > On Thu May 10 2007 1:53 pm, Vince Weaver wrote:
> > > > I've been using perfmon2 to calculate CPI for various programs.  This
> > is
> > > > fine on Pentium III, Itanium, and Core machines because both a CYCLES
> > and
> > > > a RETIRED_INSTRUCTIONS performance counter is available.
> > > >
> > > > However, on Pentium 4 there is no CYCLES counter.  My question is, can
> > I
> > > > use the "unique timestamp" field in the results to somehow get cycle
> > > > count?  From what I can tell this is based on the TSC, which I guess
> > can
> > > > cause problems on SMP machines if the TSCs aren't synchronized.
> > >
> > > If memory serves correctly, the "global-power-events" event on Pentium4
> > is
> > > equivalent to clock-cycles (at least, when the processor is not
> > stopped).
> > > Give that one a try and see if the results look reasonable.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > --
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