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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
cyclictest \- High resolution test program
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cyclictest
-.RI "[ \-hfmnqrsvMS ] [\-a " proc " ] [\-b " usec " ] [\-c " clock " ] [\-d " dist " ] \
+.RI "[ \-hfmnqrsvMS ] [\-a " proc " ] [\-A " align " ] [\-b " usec " ] [\-c " clock " ] [\-d " dist " ] \
[\-h " histogram " ] [\-i " intv " ] [\-l " loop " ] [\-o " red " ] [\-p " prio " ] \
[\-t " num " ] [\-D " time "] [\-w] [\-W] [\-y " policy " ] [ \-S | \-U ]"
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ A summary of options is included below.
.B \-a, \-\-affinity[=PROC]
Run all threads on procesor number PROC. If PROC is not specified, run thread #N on processor #N.
.TP
+.B \-A, \-\-align=USEC
+Align measurement thread wakeups to a specific offset in microseconds
+.TP
.B \-b, \-\-breaktrace=USEC
Send break trace command when latency > USEC. This is a debugging option to control the latency tracer in the realtime preemption patch.
It is useful to track down unexpected large latencies on a system. This option does only work with following kernel config options.
@@ -149,14 +152,14 @@ where n=task number c=count v=latency value in us. Use this option in combinatio
.B \\-D, \-\-duration=TIME
Run the test for the specified time, which defaults to seconds. Append 'm', 'h', or 'd' to specify minutes, hours or days
.TP
-.B \\-w, \-\-wakeup
+.B \\-w, \-\-wakeup
task wakeup tracing (used with \-b)
.TP
.B \\-W, \-\-wakeuprt
rt-task wakeup tracing (used with \-b)
.TP
.B \\-y, \-\-policy=NAME
-set the scheduler policy of the measurement threads
+set the scheduler policy of the measurement threads
where NAME is one of: other, normal, batch, idle, fifo, rr
.TP
.B \\-M, \-\-refresh_on_max
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ running cyclictest on low-bandwidth connections)
.B \\-S, \-\-smp
Set options for standard testing on SMP systems. Equivalent to using
the options: "\-t \-a \-n" as well keeping any specified priority
-equal across all threads
+equal across all threads
.TP
.B \\-U, \-\-numa
Similar to the above \-\-smp option, this implies the "\-t \-a \-n"