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+**-a**, **--auto** *us*
+
+ Set the automatic trace mode. This mode sets some commonly used options
+ while debugging the system. It is equivalent to use **-T** *us* **-s** *us*
+ **-t**. By default, *timerlat* tracer uses FIFO:95 for *timerlat* threads,
+ thus equilavent to **-P** *f:95*.
+
**-p**, **--period** *us*
Set the *timerlat* tracer period in microseconds.
@@ -14,3 +21,8 @@
Save the stack trace at the *IRQ* if a *Thread* latency is higher than the
argument in us.
+
+**--dma-latency** *us*
+ Set the /dev/cpu_dma_latency to *us*, aiming to bound exit from idle latencies.
+ *cyclictest* sets this value to *0* by default, use **--dma-latency** *0* to have
+ similar results.