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author | Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> | 2009-06-29 03:55:10 -0400 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-06-29 04:22:10 -0400 |
commit | 238a24f626628cb16a3015f332d649f08246ca89 (patch) | |
tree | f4454dd15f7b86c0ca0869230f6e389901147b70 /kernel/trace/Kconfig | |
parent | 82d5308127c3e3404ffbf41e503853c68660b18b (diff) |
tracing/fastboot: Document the need of initcall_debug
To use boot tracer, one should pass initcall_debug as well as
ftrace=initcall to the command line.
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
LKML-Reference: <4A48735E.9050002@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/Kconfig | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig index 1551f47e7669..019f380fd764 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig | |||
@@ -226,13 +226,13 @@ config BOOT_TRACER | |||
226 | the timings of the initcalls and traces key events and the identity | 226 | the timings of the initcalls and traces key events and the identity |
227 | of tasks that can cause boot delays, such as context-switches. | 227 | of tasks that can cause boot delays, such as context-switches. |
228 | 228 | ||
229 | Its aim is to be parsed by the /scripts/bootgraph.pl tool to | 229 | Its aim is to be parsed by the scripts/bootgraph.pl tool to |
230 | produce pretty graphics about boot inefficiencies, giving a visual | 230 | produce pretty graphics about boot inefficiencies, giving a visual |
231 | representation of the delays during initcalls - but the raw | 231 | representation of the delays during initcalls - but the raw |
232 | /debug/tracing/trace text output is readable too. | 232 | /debug/tracing/trace text output is readable too. |
233 | 233 | ||
234 | You must pass in ftrace=initcall to the kernel command line | 234 | You must pass in initcall_debug and ftrace=initcall to the kernel |
235 | to enable this on bootup. | 235 | command line to enable this on bootup. |
236 | 236 | ||
237 | config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING | 237 | config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
238 | bool | 238 | bool |