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authorRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>2017-11-20 08:08:11 +0300
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2017-11-20 21:05:08 +0300
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downloadlinux-e7e61fc0ba7b92153e17f1f707d2b7b3d52c0588.tar.xz
Documentation: fix profile= options in kernel-parameters.txt
Correctly the formatting of several additions to the profile= option that have been added by using <profiletype> and listing the choices for it. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 97a76eea7389..a0532127807f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3223,13 +3223,15 @@
instead using the legacy FADT method
profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
- Format: [schedule,]<number>
+ Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
+ Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
+ [defaults to kernel profiling]
Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
- Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
- statistical time based profiling.
Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
+ Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
+ statistical time based profiling.
prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
before loading.