Add a cyclictest example invocation, while warning the user that testing a realtime system is hardware and workload dependent. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 index 12fb9c1..16e8190 100644 --- a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 +++ b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 @@ -291,6 +291,24 @@ the count, and v is the latency value in microseconds. .B \\-\-smi Enable SMI count/detection on processors with SMI count support. . +.SH "Example invocation" +. +Testing a realtime system is hardware and workload dependent. With that +in mind, below cyclictest example invocation can provide a good start: +.PP +.nf +.B cyclictest + --default-system + --secaligned + --interval=250 + --distance=0 + --mlockall + --smp + --priority=98 + --histogram=1000 + --histfile=output.txt +.fi + .SH "See also" .BR numa (3), .BR numactl (8), -- 2.49.0
