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diff --git a/poky/documentation/profile-manual/usage.rst b/poky/documentation/profile-manual/usage.rst index 825290c3f..ae4efa7f4 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/profile-manual/usage.rst +++ b/poky/documentation/profile-manual/usage.rst @@ -1157,13 +1157,14 @@ section can be found here: Normally, you should be able to invoke the man pages via perf itself e.g. 'perf help' or 'perf help record'. -However, by default Yocto doesn't install man pages, but perf invokes -the man pages for most help functionality. This is a bug and is being -addressed by a Yocto bug: :yocto_bugs:`Bug 3388 - perf: enable man pages for -basic 'help' functionality </show_bug.cgi?id=3388>`. +To have the perf manpages installed on your target, modify your +configuration as follows:: + + IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " perf perf-doc" + DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " api-documentation" The man pages in text form, along with some other files, such as a set -of examples, can be found in the 'perf' directory of the kernel tree:: +of examples, can also be found in the 'perf' directory of the kernel tree:: tools/perf/Documentation |