busstat — Report Bus-Related Performance Statistics

Synopsis

/bin/busstat -e device-inst | -h | -l
/bin/busstat [-a][-n][-w device-inst [,pic0=event,picn=event]]...
  [-r device-inst]...[interval [count]]

Description

The busstat command is new in the Solaris 8 release. It provides access to the bus-related performance counters in the system. These performance counters measure statistics like hardware clock cycles and bus statistics, including DMA and cache coherency transactions on a multiprocessor system. Current supported hardware includes the SPARCsystem devices SBus, AC, and PCI. Currently, no IA devices are supported.

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