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+What:		/sys/devices/cpu/events/
+		/sys/devices/cpu/events/branch-misses
+		/sys/devices/cpu/events/cache-references
+		/sys/devices/cpu/events/cache-misses
+		/sys/devices/cpu/events/stalled-cycles-frontend
+		/sys/devices/cpu/events/branch-instructions
+		/sys/devices/cpu/events/stalled-cycles-backend
+		/sys/devices/cpu/events/instructions
+		/sys/devices/cpu/events/cpu-cycles
+
+Date:		2013/01/08
+
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+
+Description:	Generic performance monitoring events
+
+		A collection of performance monitoring events that may be
+		supported by many/most CPUs. These events can be monitored
+		using the 'perf(1)' tool.
+
+		The contents of each file would look like:
+
+			event=0xNNNN
+
+		where 'N' is a hex digit and the number '0xNNNN' shows the
+		"raw code" for the perf event identified by the file's
+		"basename".
+
+
+What: /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<pmu>/events/<event>
+Date: 2014/02/24
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:	Per-pmu performance monitoring events specific to the running system
+
+		Each file (except for some of those with a '.' in them, '.unit'
+		and '.scale') in the 'events' directory describes a single
+		performance monitoring event supported by the <pmu>. The name
+		of the file is the name of the event.
+
+		File contents:
+
+			<term>[=<value>][,<term>[=<value>]]...
+
+		Where <term> is one of the terms listed under
+		/sys/bus/event_source/devices/<pmu>/format/ and <value> is
+		a number is base-16 format with a '0x' prefix (lowercase only).
+		If a <term> is specified alone (without an assigned value), it
+		is implied that 0x1 is assigned to that <term>.
+
+		Examples (each of these lines would be in a seperate file):
+
+			event=0x2abc
+			event=0x423,inv,cmask=0x3
+			domain=0x1,offset=0x8,starting_index=0xffff
+			domain=0x1,offset=0x8,core=?
+
+		Each of the assignments indicates a value to be assigned to a
+		particular set of bits (as defined by the format file
+		corresponding to the <term>) in the perf_event structure passed
+		to the perf_open syscall.
+
+		In the case of the last example, a value replacing "?" would
+		need to be provided by the user selecting the particular event.
+		This is referred to as "event parameterization". Event
+		parameters have the format 'param=?'.
+
+What: /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<pmu>/events/<event>.unit
+Date: 2014/02/24
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:	Perf event units
+
+		A string specifying the English plural numerical unit that <event>
+		(once multiplied by <event>.scale) represents.
+
+		Example:
+
+			Joules
+
+What: /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<pmu>/events/<event>.scale
+Date: 2014/02/24
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:	Perf event scaling factors
+
+		A string representing a floating point value expressed in
+		scientific notation to be multiplied by the event count
+		recieved from the kernel to match the unit specified in the
+		<event>.unit file.
+
+		Example:
+
+			2.3283064365386962890625e-10
+
+		This is provided to avoid performing floating point arithmetic
+		in the kernel.