linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ftrace: Documentation

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0807141558100.30575@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:59:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	David Teigland <teigland@...hat.com>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Clark Williams <clark.williams@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace: Documentation



On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, David Teigland wrote:

>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 12:46:01PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > +The File System
> > +---------------
> > +
> > +Ftrace uses the debugfs file system to hold the control files as well
> > +as the files to display output.
> > +
> > +To mount the debugfs system:
> > +
> > +  # mkdir /debug
> > +  # mount -t debugfs nodev /debug
>
>
> I believe /sys/kernel/debug is the proper mount point.

I've heard about that, but it just seems like a deep path. I can mention
that at the begining of the document then say:

 For shorter path names in the following examples, we will simply mount
 the debugfs at /debug.

-- Steve

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