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- ' $Header: /a/newcmds/prefix/RCS/prefix.man,v 1.2 88/12/30 10:08:40 ouster Exp $ SPRITE (Berkeley)
- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS PROF cmds
- .BS
- .SH NAME
- kprof \- Control kernel profiling
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBkprof\fR [\fBstart\fR] [\fBend\fR]
- .br
- \fBkprof\fR \fBdump \fIfilename\fR
- .SH "OPTIONS"
- .IP "\fBstart\fR" 14
- Begin kernel profiling.
- .IP "\fBend\fR" 14
- End profiling.
- .IP "\fBdump \fIfilename\fR" 14
- Write out the profiling data to the specified file.
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- Kprof is used to start and stop kernel profiling and to
- dump out the profile data to a file. The kernel must have been
- generated with profiling hooks (the \fB-p\fP option to the compiler).
- The output data file can be processed using \fBgprof\fP.
- .DE
- .SH KEYWORDS
- profile, trace
-