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+Cactus Code Thorn PAPI
+Author(s) : Erik Schnetter
+Maintainer(s): Cactus team
+Licence : LGPL
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+
+1. Purpose
+
+Configure an externally installed PAPI library; see
+<http://icl.cs.utk.edu/papi/index.html>.
+
+
+
+From the web site:
+
+Performance Application Programming Interface
+
+PAPI aims to provide the tool designer and application engineer with a
+consistent interface and methodology for use of the performance
+counter hardware found in most major microprocessors. PAPI enables
+software engineers to see, in near real time, the relation between
+software performance and processor events.