LIBPFM(3)

💖 LIBPFM(3) — Linux Programmer's Manual 💖

okay bestie, buckle up, because we're talking about libpfm_amd64 — that's the libpfm page for AMD64 support, and it's lowkey iconic. this is the libpfm_amd64 one, and yes, there are sibling pages, we'll get to those. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

libpfm_amd64 — support for AMD64 processors 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <perfmon/pfmlib.h>

like, that's the whole thing. one include and you're in. no cap. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the library supports all AMD64 processors, and the way that it does that is: it works in both 32 and 64-bit modes. both. not one. both. periodt. 👑

and the support is broken down into three groups, okay? three. here they are:

• AMD K7 processors (family 6)
• AMD K8 processors (family 15)
• AMD Family 10h processors (family 16)

each group has its own distinct man page, so don't go looking for everything in one place — the links are down below in SEE ALSO. it's giving organized. it's giving "she has a system." 🧚

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• libpfm_amd64_k7(3)
• libpfm_amd64_k8(3)
• libpfm_amd64_fam10h(3)

✨ AUTHORS ✨

these two legends built it and we simply have to give them their flowers 🌸:

• Stephane Eranian <eranian@gmail.com>
• Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>

this page is from August, 2010, part of the Linux Programmer's Manual, and it's LIBPFM(3) — so yeah, she's been serving since 2010 and she's still here. 🫶

okay that's the whole page, ily, go read the K7/K8/fam10h ones next, mwah 💖✨🎀