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NAME
       kerneltop - shows linux kernel function usage in a style like top

SYNOPSIS
       kerneltop [options]

DESCRIPTION
       This  manual  page  documents briefly the kerneltop command.  This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original
       program does not have a manual page.

       kerneltop shows linux kernel function usage in a style like top (modules are not included), it is derived from readprofile.

OPTIONS
       -m <mapfile>
	      Set the <mapfile> (default = "/boot/System.map").

       -p <pro-file>
	      Set the <pro-file> (default = "/proc/profile").

       -l <lines>
	      Set number of lines to print (def. = 20; max = 100).

       -s <seconds>
	      Set sleep time in seconds (def. = 1).

       -t <ticks>
	      Set threshold of number of ticks to print (def. = 1).  A function must have this many ticks to be printed.

       -u     Print unsorted (skip the sort).

       -V     Print version and exit.

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Gustavo Franco <stratus@acm.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

								   May 27, 2004 						      KERNELTOP(1)