perf record: Document setting '-e pmu/period=N/' in man page

The 'period' param is not defined in
/sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/*, but can be used, document
it.

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1436345097-11113-3-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Kan Liang 2015-07-08 04:44:54 -04:00 committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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param1 and param2 are defined as formats for the PMU in:
/sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/*
There are also some params which are not defined in .../<pmu>/format/*.
These params can be used to set event defaults.
Here is a list of the params.
- 'period': Set event sampling period
Note: If user explicitly sets options which conflict with the params,
the value set by the params will be overridden.
- a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[/len][:access]'
where addr is the address in memory you want to break in.
Access is the memory access type (read, write, execute) it can