[PATCH, RFC 3/3] tracing: Add documentation for the power tracer

[Theodore Ts'o]

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>
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 Documentation/power.txt |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
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+The power trace collects detailed information about C-state and P-state
+transitions, instead of just looking at the high-level "average"
+information.
+
+There is a helper script found in scrips/tracing/power.pl in the kernel
+sources which can be used to parse this information and create a
+Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) picture from the trace data.
+
+To use this tracer:
+
+	echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_enabled
+	echo power > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
+	echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_enabled
+	sleep 1
+	echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_enabled
+	cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace | \
+		perl scripts/tracing/power.pl > out.sv
+
+    
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1.5.6.3

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