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authorRobert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>2009-05-06 12:10:23 +0200
committerRobert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>2009-05-08 11:06:34 +0200
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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>
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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>