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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-11-23 21:01:32 -1000 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-11-23 21:01:32 -1000 |
| commit | 1d3bc6363a7d14393e7e66f092645e2229b39954 (patch) | |
| tree | 53bbedd96014f2a04cb853140868d3d739658f6f /Documentation/admin-guide | |
| parent | dab0badc8735f4e8bf07bc56bdeefce91d413924 (diff) | |
| parent | 3a025e1d1c2ea42fa497c9c6b21c284e0f69e28b (diff) | |
Merge tag 'docs-4.15-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"A few late-arriving docs updates that have no real reason to wait.
There's a new "Co-Developed-by" tag described by Greg, and a build
enhancement from Willy to generate docs warnings during a kernel build
(but only when additional warnings have been requested in general)"
* tag 'docs-4.15-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux:
Add optional check for bad kernel-doc comments
Documentation: fix profile= options in kernel-parameters.txt
documentation/svga.txt: update outdated file
kokr/memory-barriers.txt: Fix typo in paring example
kokr/memory-barriers/txt: Replace uses of "transitive"
Documentation/process: add Co-Developed-by: tag for patches with multiple authors
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 62436bd5f34a..b44217290e57 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3246,13 +3246,15 @@ 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. |