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| author | Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> | 2009-05-06 12:10:23 +0200 |
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| committer | Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> | 2009-05-08 11:06:34 +0200 |
| commit | 7e4e0bd50e80df2fe5501f48f872448376cdd997 (patch) | |
| tree | dec55d33e695354d4fa34205d5524b0bca91c4a9 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
| parent | 6adf406f0a0eaf37251018d15f51e93f5b538ee6 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-7e4e0bd50e80df2fe5501f48f872448376cdd997.tar.gz lwn-7e4e0bd50e80df2fe5501f48f872448376cdd997.zip | |
oprofile: introduce module_param oprofile.cpu_type
This patch removes module_param oprofile.force_arch_perfmon and
introduces oprofile.cpu_type=archperfmon instead. This new parameter
can be reused for other models and architectures.
Currently only archperfmon is supported.
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 9b9566bf3301..6ce5f48859cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1650,11 +1650,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file oprofile.timer= [HW] Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters - oprofile.force_arch_perfmon=1 [X86] - Force use of architectural perfmon instead of - the CPU specific event set. - This might be useful if you have older oprofile - userland or if you want common events over Intel CPUs. + oprofile.cpu_type= Force an oprofile cpu type + This might be useful if you have an older oprofile + userland or if you want common events. + Format: { archperfmon } + archperfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural + perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the + CPU specific event set. osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold> |