From: Mulyadi Santosa

Fixing "profile" kernel parameter:
- adding "kvm" parameter description
- a bit more verbose explanation of "schedule"/"sleep" param
- explicitly tells that CPU profiling is the default mode
  if none is mentioned.

Done against vanilla 2.6.23.13

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Signed-off-by: Mulyadi Santosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |   19 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)


--- linux-2.6.23.13/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.bak     2008-01-10
00:18:17.000000000 +0700
+++ linux-2.6.23.13/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-01-25
22:49:37.000000000 +0700
@@ -1391,12 +1391,19 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
                        Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)

        profile=        [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
-                       Format: [schedule,]<number>
-                       Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
-                       Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
-                               statistical time based profiling.
-                       Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs)
-
+                       Format: [schedule/sleep/kvm,]<number>
+                       First param is one of these (they can't be combined!):
+                       Param: "schedule" - profile schedule() call.
+                       Param: "sleep" - profile where a task sleeps 
(millisecs).
+                       Param: "kvm" - profile KVM exit call.
+
+                       If first param is omitted then cpu profiling mode
+                       is effectively applied. In this mode, profiling is
+                       done in tick handler.
+
+                       Second param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power
+                       of 2 for statistical time based profiling.
+       
        processor.max_cstate=   [HW,ACPI]
                        Limit processor to maximum C-state
                        max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
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