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On Saturday 24 Aug 2013 12:14:14 Bruce Hill wrote: |
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> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 10:40:25AM +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> > Hi All, |
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> > I'm about to compile a new kernel and running oldconfig brings up this |
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> > new set of options. There is no help available, grep-ping through the |
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> > Documentation wasn't particularly revealing and I haven't found anything |
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> > in Google to help me decide what I need/want out of the three: |
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> > =================================================== |
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> > |
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> > * CPU/Task time and stats accounting |
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> > * |
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> > Cputime accounting |
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> > |
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> > 1. Simple tick based cputime accounting (TICK_CPU_ACCOUNTING) |
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> > |
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> > > 2. Full dynticks CPU time accounting (VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN) (NEW) |
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> > > |
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> > 3. Fine granularity task level IRQ time accounting |
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> > (IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING) |
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> > |
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> > choice[1-3]: ? |
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> > |
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> > There is no help available for this option. |
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> > Prompt: Cputime accounting |
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> > |
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> > Location: |
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> > -> General setup |
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> > |
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> > -> CPU/Task time and stats accounting |
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> > |
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> > Defined at init/Kconfig:297 |
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> > Selected by: m |
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> > |
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> > =================================================== |
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> > Option 2 seems to have been selected by default, but I am not sure if |
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> > this is right for a laptop. |
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> > |
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> > What have you chosen and why? |
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> Each of the three options has it's own individual help. |
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Oops! Thanks for pointing this out and sorry for the noise ... I had only |
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tried "?" instead of "<option_number> ?" |
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Help is also visible and available when using menuconfig. |
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The 2nd option is best for my needs. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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