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Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:05:21 +0300
From:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] perf intel-pt: Remove no_force_psb from documentation

no_force_psb was dropped as a late change to the kernel
driver.  Consequently, remove it from the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt | 15 ---------------
 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
index 4a0501d7a3b4..c94c9de3173e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
@@ -364,21 +364,6 @@ cyc_thresh	Specifies how frequently CYC packets are produced - see cyc
 
 		CYC packets are not requested by default.
 
-no_force_psb	This is a driver option and is not in the IA32_RTIT_CTL MSR.
-
-		It stops the driver resetting the byte count to zero whenever
-		enabling the trace (for example on context switches) which in
-		turn results in no PSB being forced.  However some processors
-		will produce a PSB anyway.
-
-		In any case, there is still a PSB when the trace is enabled for
-		the first time.
-
-		no_force_psb can be used to slightly decrease the trace size but
-		may make it harder for the decoder to recover from errors.
-
-		no_force_psb is not selected by default.
-
 
 new snapshot option
 -------------------
-- 
1.9.1

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