[PATCH] oprofile: document undocumented oprofile.p4force argument

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Aug 20 2008 - 12:41:08 EST


From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

It's actually useless now, but document it anyways.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold>
See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
--
1.5.6

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