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@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ When reading one of these enable files, there are four results:
X - there is a mixture of events enabled and disabled
? - this file does not affect any event
+2.3 Boot option
+---------------
+
+In order to facilitate early boot debugging, use boot option:
+
+ trace_event=[event-list]
+
+The format of this boot option is the same as described in section 2.1.
+
3. Defining an event-enabled tracepoint
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