2 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9b9566bf3301..6ce5f48859cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1650,11 +1650,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         oprofile.timer= [HW]
                         Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
 
-        oprofile.force_arch_perfmon=1   [X86]
-                        Force use of architectural perfmon instead of
-                        the CPU specific event set.
-                        This might be useful if you have older oprofile
-                        userland or if you want common events over Intel CPUs.
+        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>
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
index 3308147182ae..3b285e656e27 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
@@ -386,8 +386,17 @@ static int __init p4_init(char **cpu_type)
         return 0;
 }
 
-int force_arch_perfmon;
-module_param(force_arch_perfmon, int, 0);
+static int force_arch_perfmon;
+static int force_cpu_type(const char *str, struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+        if (!strcmp(str, "archperfmon")) {
+                force_arch_perfmon = 1;
+                printk(KERN_INFO "oprofile: forcing architectural perfmon\n");
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+}
+module_param_call(cpu_type, force_cpu_type, NULL, NULL, 0);
 
 static int __init ppro_init(char **cpu_type)
 {