ECFIND(1)                                                            ECFIND(1)



NAME
     ecfind - report processes using process-based event counters

SYNOPSIS
     ecfind [-tv]

DESCRIPTION
     ecfind may be used on systems with R10000 or R12000 processors to
     discover which processes, if any, are currently using the process-based
     hardware event counter mechanisms, e.g. executing an application under
     the control of perfex(1).

     This is most useful in situations where the global event counters cannot
     be enabled with ecadmin(1) due to concurrent use of the process-based
     event counters.

     ecfind uses icrash(1) on the running kernel, and hence must be run as
     root.

     The options to ecfind are as follows;

     -t   By default ecfind reports processes using a subset of the output
          from ps(1) with the options -ef.  The -t (or terse) option produces
          a more spartan output format with just the process id and the
          command name reported.

     -v   More verbose output, with the details of intermediate data used to
          identify the processes of interest.  This is most useful for
          debugging any cases in which ecfind does not correctly identify the
          target processes.

SEE ALSO
     ecadmin(1), perfex(1), speedshop(1) and r10kcounters(5).

     The specifications for the R10000 event counters may be found at
     http://www.sgi.com/processors/r10k/performance.html



















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