From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755717AbYIYUMU (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:12:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753685AbYIYUMH (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:12:07 -0400 Received: from outbound-sin.frontbridge.com ([207.46.51.80]:21786 "EHLO SG2EHSOBE005.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753693AbYIYUMG (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:12:06 -0400 X-BigFish: VPS-32(zcb8kz1432R98dR936eQ62a3L1805Mzzzzz32i6bh43j63h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 2:0 X-WSS-ID: 0K7RPFK-01-AKB-01 Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:10:45 +0200 From: Robert Richter To: Andi Kleen CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net, Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH] oprofile: document undocumented oprofile.p4force argument Message-ID: <20080925201045.GK23557@erda.amd.com> References: <1219250433-25516-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <1219250433-25516-2-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <1219250433-25516-3-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <1219250433-25516-4-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <1219250433-25516-5-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1219250433-25516-5-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Sep 2008 20:10:50.0724 (UTC) FILETIME=[CE607A40:01C91F4A] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 20.08.08 18:40:33, Andi Kleen wrote: > From: Andi Kleen > > It's actually useless now, but document it anyways. We should rework/remove this (maybe later), if it makes no longer sense to keep it. If we had have a force_cpu_type implementation this could be thrown away. But as long as it is in it's better to have it documented. -Robert > > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen > --- > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++++ > 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > index 10c8b1b..5e77e1a 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > @@ -1491,6 +1491,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file > in oprofile on Intel CPUs. The kernel selects the > correct default on its own. > > + oprofile.p4force=1 [X86] > + On Intel NetBurst CPUs assume new models are compatible > + to older ones. This might allow oprofile to be used when > + the kernel doesn't know the CPU, but is slightly dangerous. > + Should be obsolete by now. > + > osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver > Format: , > See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt. > -- > 1.5.6 > > -- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Operating System Research Center email: robert.richter@amd.com