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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001config PROFILING
2 bool "Profiling support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3 help
4 Say Y here to enable the extended profiling support mechanisms used
5 by profilers such as OProfile.
6
7config OPROFILE
8 tristate "OProfile system profiling (EXPERIMENTAL)"
9 depends on PROFILING
10 help
11 OProfile is a profiling system capable of profiling the
12 whole system, include the kernel, kernel modules, libraries,
13 and applications.
14
15 Due to firmware bugs, you may need to use the "nohalt" boot
16 option if you're using OProfile with the hardware performance
17 counters.
18
19 If unsure, say N.
20