linux-kernel - [PATCH] tracing/fastboot: document the need of initcall

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Message-ID: <4A48735E.9050002@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:55:10 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] tracing/fastboot: document the need of initcall_debug

To use boot tracer, one should pass initcall_debug as well as
ftrace=initcall to the command line.

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
---
 kernel/trace/Kconfig |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index f7d9a4e..860c712 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -226,13 +226,13 @@ config BOOT_TRACER
 	  the timings of the initcalls and traces key events and the identity
 	  of tasks that can cause boot delays, such as context-switches.
 
-	  Its aim is to be parsed by the /scripts/bootgraph.pl tool to
+	  Its aim is to be parsed by the scripts/bootgraph.pl tool to
 	  produce pretty graphics about boot inefficiencies, giving a visual
 	  representation of the delays during initcalls - but the raw
 	  /debug/tracing/trace text output is readable too.
 
-	  You must pass in ftrace=initcall to the kernel command line
-	  to enable this on bootup.
+	  You must pass in initcall_debug and ftrace=initcall to the kernel
+	  command line to enable this on bootup.
 
 config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 	bool
-- 
1.5.4.rc3

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