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oprofile.timer= [HW]
Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
- oprofile.force_arch_perfmon=1 [X86]
- Force use of architectural perfmon instead of
- the CPU specific event set.
- This might be useful if you have older oprofile
- userland or if you want common events over Intel CPUs.
+ oprofile.cpu_type= Force an oprofile cpu type
+ This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
+ userland or if you want common events.
+ Format: { archperfmon }
+ archperfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
+ perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
+ CPU specific event set.
osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver
Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold>