From: Pekka Paalanen Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:24:59 +0000 (+0200) Subject: tracing, doc: update mmiotrace documentation X-Git-Tag: v3.12-rc1~17076^2~1 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fb91ee6cf5b8be5360acec577458e29ec7e97e5e;p=kernel%2Fkernel-generic.git tracing, doc: update mmiotrace documentation Impact: update documentation Update to reflect the current state of the tracing framework: - "none" tracer has been replaced by "nop" tracer - tracing_enabled must be toggled when changing buffer size Signed-off-by: Pekka Paalanen Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- diff --git a/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt b/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt index 5bbbe20..cde23b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ $ echo mmiotrace > /debug/tracing/current_tracer $ cat /debug/tracing/trace_pipe > mydump.txt & Start X or whatever. $ echo "X is up" > /debug/tracing/trace_marker -$ echo none > /debug/tracing/current_tracer +$ echo nop > /debug/tracing/current_tracer Check for lost events. @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ which action. It is recommended to place descriptive markers about what you do. Shut down mmiotrace (requires root privileges): -$ echo none > /debug/tracing/current_tracer +$ echo nop > /debug/tracing/current_tracer The 'cat' process exits. If it does not, kill it by issuing 'fg' command and pressing ctrl+c. @@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ are: $ cat /debug/tracing/trace_entries gives you a number. Approximately double this number and write it back, for instance: +$ echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled $ echo 128000 > /debug/tracing/trace_entries +$ echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled Then start again from the top. If you are doing a trace for a driver project, e.g. Nouveau, you should also