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28 <refentry id="bootchart.conf" conditional='ENABLE_BOOTCHART'
29           xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
30         <refentryinfo>
31                 <title>bootchart.conf</title>
32                 <productname>systemd</productname>
33
34                 <authorgroup>
35                         <author>
36                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
37                                 <firstname>Auke</firstname>
38                                 <surname>Kok</surname>
39                                 <email>auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com</email>
40                         </author>
41                 </authorgroup>
42         </refentryinfo>
43
44         <refmeta>
45                 <refentrytitle>bootchart.conf</refentrytitle>
46                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
47         </refmeta>
48
49         <refnamediv>
50                 <refname>bootchart.conf</refname>
51                 <refname>bootchart.conf.d</refname>
52                 <refpurpose>Boot performance analysis graphing tool configuration files</refpurpose>
53         </refnamediv>
54
55         <refsynopsisdiv>
56                 <para><filename>/etc/systemd/bootchart.conf</filename></para>
57                 <para><filename>/etc/systemd/bootchart.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para>
58                 <para><filename>/run/systemd/bootchart.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para>
59                 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/bootchart.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para>
60         </refsynopsisdiv>
61
62         <refsect1>
63                 <title>Description</title>
64
65                 <para>When starting, systemd-bootchart will read the
66                 configuration file
67                 <filename>/etc/systemd/bootchart.conf</filename>, followed by
68                 the files in the <filename>bootchart.conf.d</filename>
69                 directories.  These configuration files determine logging
70                 parameters and graph output.</para>
71         </refsect1>
72
73         <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="confd" />
74         <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="conf" />
75
76         <refsect1>
77                 <title>Options</title>
78
79                 <variablelist class='bootchart-directives'>
80
81                         <varlistentry>
82                                 <term><varname>Samples=500</varname></term>
83                                 <listitem><para>Configure the amount of samples to
84                                 record in total before bootchart exits. Each sample will
85                                 record at intervals defined by Frequency=.</para></listitem>
86                         </varlistentry>
87
88                         <varlistentry>
89                                 <term><varname>Frequency=25</varname></term>
90                                 <listitem><para>Configure the sample log frequency.
91                                 This can be a fractional number, but must be larger than
92                                 0.0. Most systems can cope with values under 25-50 without
93                                 impacting boot time severely.</para></listitem>
94                         </varlistentry>
95
96                         <varlistentry>
97                                 <term><varname>Relative=no</varname></term>
98                                 <listitem><para>Configures whether the left axis of the
99                                 output graph equals time=0.0 (<constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant> start). This
100                                 is useful for using bootchart at post-boot time to profile
101                                 an already booted system, otherwise the graph would become
102                                 extremely large. If set to yes, the horizontal axis starts
103                                 at the first recorded sample instead of time=0.0.
104                                 </para></listitem>
105                         </varlistentry>
106
107                         <varlistentry>
108                                 <term><varname>Filter=no</varname></term>
109                                 <listitem><para>Configures whether the resulting graph
110                                 should omit tasks that did not contribute significantly
111                                 to the boot. Processes that are too short-lived (only
112                                 seen in one sample) or that do not consume any significant
113                                 CPU time (less than 0.001sec) will not be displayed in
114                                 the output graph.</para></listitem>
115                         </varlistentry>
116
117                         <varlistentry>
118                                 <term><varname>Output=[path]</varname></term>
119                                 <listitem><para>Configures the output directory for writing
120                                 the graphs. By default, bootchart writes the graphs to
121                                 <filename>/run/log</filename>.</para></listitem>
122                         </varlistentry>
123
124                         <varlistentry>
125                                 <term><varname>Init=[path]</varname></term>
126                                 <listitem><para>Configures bootchart to run a non-standard
127                                 binary instead of <filename>/sbin/init</filename>. This
128                                 option is only relevant if bootchart was invoked from the
129                                 kernel command line with
130                                 init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-bootchart.</para></listitem>
131                         </varlistentry>
132
133                         <varlistentry>
134                                 <term><varname>PlotMemoryUsage=no</varname></term>
135                                 <listitem><para>If set to yes, enables logging and graphing
136                                 of processes' PSS memory consumption.</para></listitem>
137                         </varlistentry>
138
139                         <varlistentry>
140                                 <term><varname>PlotEntropyGraph=no</varname></term>
141                                 <listitem><para>If set to yes, enables logging and graphing
142                                 of the kernel random entropy pool size.</para></listitem>
143                         </varlistentry>
144
145                         <varlistentry>
146                                 <term><varname>ScaleX=100</varname></term>
147                                 <listitem><para>Horizontal scaling factor for all variable
148                                 graph components.</para></listitem>
149                         </varlistentry>
150
151                         <varlistentry>
152                                 <term><varname>ScaleY=20</varname></term>
153                                 <listitem><para>Vertical scaling factor for all variable
154                                 graph components.</para></listitem>
155                         </varlistentry>
156
157                         <varlistentry>
158                                 <term><varname>ControlGroup=no</varname></term>
159                                 <listitem><para>Display process control group.</para></listitem>
160                         </varlistentry>
161
162                 </variablelist>
163         </refsect1>
164
165         <refsect1>
166                   <title>See Also</title>
167                   <para>
168                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-bootchart</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
169                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
170                   </para>
171         </refsect1>
172
173 </refentry>