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@@ -170,7 +170,12 @@ OPTIONS
Trace decoding. The flags are "bcrosyiABEx" which stand for branch,
call, return, conditional, system, asynchronous, interrupt,
transaction abort, trace begin, trace end, and in transaction,
- respectively.
+ respectively. Known combinations of flags are printed more nicely e.g.
+ "call" for "bc", "return" for "br", "jcc" for "bo", "jmp" for "b",
+ "int" for "bci", "iret" for "bri", "syscall" for "bcs", "sysret" for "brs",
+ "async" for "by", "hw int" for "bcyi", "tx abrt" for "bA", "tr strt" for "bB",
+ "tr end" for "bE". However the "x" flag will be display separately in those
+ cases e.g. "jcc (x)" for a condition branch within a transaction.
Finally, a user may not set fields to none for all event types.
i.e., -F "" is not allowed.