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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
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+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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+ Copyright 2012 Intel Corporation
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+ Authors:
+ Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>
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+
+<refentry id="bootchart.conf">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>bootchart.conf</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Auke</firstname>
+ <surname>Kok</surname>
+ <email>auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>bootchart.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>bootchart.conf</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Boot performance analysis graphing tool configuration file</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>/etc/systemd/bootchart.conf</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>When starting, systemd-bootchart will read the
+ configuration file <filename>bootchart.conf</filename>.
+ This configuration file determines logging parameters and
+ graph output.</para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <variablelist class='bootchart-directives'>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>samples=500</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Configure the amount of samples to
+ record total before bootchart exits. Each sample will
+ record at intervals defined by freq=.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>freq=25</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Configure the sample log frequency.
+ This can be a fractional number, but must be larger than
+ 0.0. Most systems can cope with values under 25-50 without
+ impacting boot time severely.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>rel=0</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Configures whether the left axis of the
+ output graph equals time=0.0 (CLOCK_MONOTONIC start). This
+ is useful for using bootchart at post-boot time to profile
+ an already booted system, otherwise the graph would become
+ extremely large. If set to a non-zero value, the horizontal
+ axis starts at the first recorded sample instead of time=0.0.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>filter=0</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Configures whether the resulting graph
+ should omit tasks that did not contribute significantly
+ to the boot. Processes that are too short-lived (only
+ seen in one sample) or that do not consume any significant
+ CPU time (less than 0.001sec) will not be displayed in
+ the output graph.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>output=[path]</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Configures the output folder for writing
+ the graphs. By default, bootchart writes the graphs to
+ <filename>/var/log</filename>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>init=[path]</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Configures bootchart to run a non-standard
+ binary instead of <filename>/sbin/init</filename>. This
+ option is only relevant if bootchart was invoked from the
+ kernel command line with
+ init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-bootchart.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>pss=0</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>If set to 1, enables logging and graphing
+ of processes PSS memory consumption.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>entropy=0</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>If set to 1, enables logging and graphing
+ of the kernel random entropy pool size.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>scale_x=100</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Horizontal scaling factor for all variable
+ graph components.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>scale_y=20</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Vertical scaling factor for all variable
+ graph components.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-bootchart</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>