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authorLinus Torvalds2017-11-23 21:01:32 -1000
committerLinus Torvalds2017-11-23 21:01:32 -1000
commit1d3bc6363a7d14393e7e66f092645e2229b39954 (patch)
tree53bbedd96014f2a04cb853140868d3d739658f6f /Documentation/admin-guide
parentdab0badc8735f4e8bf07bc56bdeefce91d413924 (diff)
parent3a025e1d1c2ea42fa497c9c6b21c284e0f69e28b (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for bad kernel-doc comments Documentation: fix profile= options in kernel-parameters.txt documentation/svga.txt: update outdated file kokr/memory-barriers.txt: Fix typo in paring example kokr/memory-barriers/txt: Replace uses of "transitive" Documentation/process: add Co-Developed-by: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
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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.