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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd October 4, 2008
+.Dt PMC.TSC 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm pmc.tsc
+.Nd measurements using the i386 timestamp counter
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libpmc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In pmc.h
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+In the i386 architecture, the timestamp counter is a monotonically
+non-decreasing counter that counts processor cycles.
+.Pp
+This counter may be selected specifying an event specifier
+.Dq Li tsc
+to
+.Xr pmc_allocate 3 .
+The TSC is a read-only counter that may only be allocated in
+system-wide counting mode.
+The
+.Dq Li tsc
+event does not support further event qualifiers.
+.Pp
+Multiple processes are allowed to allocate the TSC.
+Once allocated, the TSC may be read using the
+.Fn pmc_read
+function, or by using the
+.Li RDTSC
+instruction.
+.Ss Event Name Aliases
+The alias
+.Dq Li cycles
+maps to the TSC.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr pmc 3 ,
+.Xr pmc.atom 3 ,
+.Xr pmc.core 3 ,
+.Xr pmc.core2 3 ,
+.Xr pmc.iaf 3 ,
+.Xr pmc.k7 3 ,
+.Xr pmc.k8 3 ,
+.Xr pmc.p4 3 ,
+.Xr pmc.p5 3 ,
+.Xr pmc.p6 3 ,
+.Xr pmc.soft 3 ,
+.Xr pmclog 3 ,
+.Xr hwpmc 4
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm pmc
+library first appeared in
+.Fx 6.0 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+The
+.Lb libpmc
+library was written by
+.An Joseph Koshy Aq Mt jkoshy@FreeBSD.org .