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authorRuediger Meier2017-06-29 04:09:06 +0200
committerKarel Zak2017-06-29 12:56:22 +0200
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docs: remove some old history from manpages
We assume that users will have a kernel >= 2.6.0 and removel references to earlier kernels. There are still a few ones left. Signed-off-by: Ruediger Meier <ruediger.meier@ga-group.nl>
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@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ fly.
On some architectures it is possible to alter the frequency at which
the kernel delivers profiling interrupts to each CPU. This option
allows you to set the frequency, as a multiplier of the system clock
-frequency, HZ. This is supported on i386-SMP (2.2 and 2.4 kernel)
-and also on sparc-SMP and sparc64-SMP (2.4 kernel). This option also
-resets the profiling buffer, and requires superuser privileges.
+frequency, HZ. Linux 2.6.16 dropped multiplier support for most systems.
+This option also resets the profiling buffer, and requires superuser
+privileges.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-profile\fR \fIpro-file\fR
Specify a different profiling buffer, which by default is