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What:		/sys/kernel/profiling
Date:		September 2008
Contact:	Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Description:
		/sys/kernel/profiling is the runtime equivalent
		of the boot-time profile= option.

		You can get the same effect running:

			echo 2 > /sys/kernel/profiling

		as you would by issuing profile=2 on the boot
		command line.
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817eecbf	1	What: /sys/kernel/profiling
22b8ce94 DH	2	Date: September 2008
	3	Contact: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
	4	Description:
817eecbf	5	/sys/kernel/profiling is the runtime equivalent
22b8ce94 DH	6	of the boot-time profile= option.
	7
	8	You can get the same effect running:
	9
817eecbf	10	echo 2 > /sys/kernel/profiling
22b8ce94 DH	11
	12	as you would by issuing profile=2 on the boot
	13	command line.