From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752792AbcEWUiZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2016 16:38:25 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-f65.google.com ([209.85.220.65]:35579 "EHLO mail-pa0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751707AbcEWUiX (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2016 16:38:23 -0400 From: Brian Norris To: Steven Rostedt Cc: , , Brian Norris , Jonathan Corbet , Li Zefan Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: clarify that trace_events= takes a comma-separated list Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 13:37:58 -0700 Message-Id: <1464035878-29685-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020 In-Reply-To: <1464034111-25340-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com> References: <1464034111-25340-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org It took me browsing through the source code to determine that I was, indeed, using the wrong delimiter in my command lines. So I might as well document it for the next person. Signed-off-by: Brian Norris --- v2: remove language about /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event, to avoid implying it also takes a comma separated list Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 82b42c958d1c..a2a662d4da83 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3992,8 +3992,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. trace_event=[event-list] [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order - to facilitate early boot debugging. - See also Documentation/trace/events.txt + to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a + comma separated list of trace events to enable. See + also Documentation/trace/events.txt trace_options=[option-list] [FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot. -- 2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020