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authorLi Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>2009-06-29 03:55:10 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-29 04:22:10 -0400
commit238a24f626628cb16a3015f332d649f08246ca89 (patch)
treef4454dd15f7b86c0ca0869230f6e389901147b70 /kernel
parent82d5308127c3e3404ffbf41e503853c68660b18b (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')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/Kconfig6
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
237config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING 237config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
238 bool 238 bool