Segher Boessenkool <seg...@kernel.crashing.org> writes:
> On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 08:47:50AM -0500, Paul A. Clarke wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 06, 2021 at 12:32:48PM -0500, Paul A. Clarke wrote:
>> > > + {
>> > > + "BriefDescription": "Average cycles per instruction when the
>> > > instruction finishes at dispatch",
>> >
>> > I'm not sure what that means.
>>
>> After doing a bit of research, I think it might be a bit more clear as:
>> "Average cycles per instruction when the NTF instruction finishes at
>> dispatch"
>
> Is "next to finish" some defined and/or sensible term in this context?
> Or do you mean NTC here? Or what :-)
Yeah I am also more familiar with NTC.
But those descriptions originally come from a spreadsheet we're given,
and they do include NTF as an acronym.
eg. search for NTF in here:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/powerpc/power9/metrics.json
>From the context it does presumably mean "next to finish".
cheers
