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Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] perf tool: Add pmu event alias support
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On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 22:05 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> thoughts?

The currently proposed syntax for aliases is 'pmu/alias,more-terms/'
right?

Should we also allow something like 'pmu/event=alias,more-terms/' ? Or
possibly even do only that?

The reason is that that would be much easier for the external events
Stephane wants with that JSON file. I think the sysfs alias and external
JSON alias should be the same mechanism and syntax.