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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-10 19:51:10 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-10 19:51:10 -0700
commit57eee9ae7bbcfb692dc96c739a5184adb6349733 (patch)
treedd268927f30b91e8cbf95ec58e6004673b71fe40 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
parent8f40642ad315c553bab4ae800766ade07e574a77 (diff)
parent7e4e0bd50e80df2fe5501f48f872448376cdd997 (diff)
Merge branch 'oprofile-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'oprofile-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: oprofile: introduce module_param oprofile.cpu_type oprofile: add support for Core i7 and Atom oprofile: remove undocumented oprofile.p4force option oprofile: re-add force_arch_perfmon option
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oprofile.timer= [HW]
Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
+ 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>
See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt.