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author | Andy McFadden <fadden@android.com> | 2010-07-15 10:30:23 -0700 |
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committer | Andy McFadden <fadden@android.com> | 2010-07-15 10:30:45 -0700 |
commit | d8b5bd1cdd21afc9ccd9c666ac172e5e8df0d8a0 (patch) | |
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Describe dalvik.vm.extra-opts.
Goes with bug 2838629.
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diff --git a/docs/embedded-vm-control.html b/docs/embedded-vm-control.html index e3797f33f..ec2b69462 100644 --- a/docs/embedded-vm-control.html +++ b/docs/embedded-vm-control.html @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ <li><a href="#dp">Deadlock Prediction</a> <li><a href="#stackdump">Stack Dumps</a> <li><a href="#dexcheck">DEX File Checksums</a> + <li><a href="#general">General Flags</a> </ul> <h2><a name="introduction">Introduction (read this first!)</a></h2> @@ -288,6 +289,22 @@ problems it may be useful to add the property to to check for corruption in a large set of files. +<h2><a name="general">General Flags</a></h2> + +<p>In the "Honeycomb" release, a general mechanism for passing flags to +the VM was introduced: + +<pre>adb shell setprop dalvik.vm.extra-opts "flag1 flag2 ... flagN"</pre> + +<p>The flags are separated by spaces. You can specify as many as you want +so long as they all fit within the system property value length limit +(currently 92 characters). + +<p>The extra-opts flags will be added at the end of the command line, +which means they will override earlier settings. This can be used, for +example, to experiment with different values for <code>-Xmx</code> even +though the Android framework is setting it explicitly. + <address>Copyright © 2008 The Android Open Source Project</address> </body></html> |