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param1 and param2 are defined as formats for the PMU in
/sys/bus/event_source/devices/<pmu>/format/*
+ 'percore' is a event qualifier that sums up the event counts for both
+ hardware threads in a core. For example:
+ perf stat -A -a -e cpu/event,percore=1/,otherevent ...
+
- a symbolically formed event like 'pmu/config=M,config1=N,config2=K/'
where M, N, K are numbers (in decimal, hex, octal format).
Acceptable values for each of 'config', 'config1' and 'config2'