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diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index 57542bc25edd..b37600754762 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ o PPP 2.4.0 # pppd --version
63o isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version 63o isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version
64o nfs-utils 1.0.5 # showmount --version 64o nfs-utils 1.0.5 # showmount --version
65o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version 65o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version
66o oprofile 0.5.3 # oprofiled --version 66o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version
67 67
68Kernel compilation 68Kernel compilation
69================== 69==================
diff --git a/Documentation/basic_profiling.txt b/Documentation/basic_profiling.txt
index 65e3dc2d4437..8764e9f70821 100644
--- a/Documentation/basic_profiling.txt
+++ b/Documentation/basic_profiling.txt
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ dump output readprofile -m /boot/System.map > captured_profile
27 27
28Oprofile 28Oprofile
29-------- 29--------
30Get the source (I use 0.8) from http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/ 30
31and add "idle=poll" to the kernel command line 31Get the source (see Changes for required version) from
32http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/ and add "idle=poll" to the kernel command
33line.
34
32Configure with CONFIG_PROFILING=y and CONFIG_OPROFILE=y & reboot on new kernel 35Configure with CONFIG_PROFILING=y and CONFIG_OPROFILE=y & reboot on new kernel
36
33./configure --with-kernel-support 37./configure --with-kernel-support
34make install 38make install
35 39
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ start opcontrol --start
46stop opcontrol --stop 50stop opcontrol --stop
47dump output opreport > output_file 51dump output opreport > output_file
48 52
49To only report on the kernel, run opreport /boot/vmlinux > output_file 53To only report on the kernel, run opreport -l /boot/vmlinux > output_file
50 54
51A reset is needed to clear old statistics, which survive a reboot. 55A reset is needed to clear old statistics, which survive a reboot.
52 56