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Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:40:33 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	robert.richter@....com, oprofile-list@...ts.sf.net,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] oprofile: document undocumented oprofile.p4force argument

From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

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

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
---
 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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