Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:29:56 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>, Vince Weaver <vince@deater.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] tools, perf: Add a precise event qualifier v2
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On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 11:50:57AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> For example if we added 'type' as well we could expose the generic, 
> hardware-independent events via sysfs as well.

Type is already fully implied by where you'll find the event in sysfs:

  /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/$PMU/events/

needs

  perf_event_attr::type := /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/$PMU/type
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