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tracing, doc: update mmiotrace documentation

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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 - "none" tracer has been replaced by "nop" tracer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 <pq@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Pekka Paalanen 2008-11-23 21:24:59 +02:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
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Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt
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@ -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