From f20c92fe7f952843c8113e3aa57eae9fa613fc27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy McFadden <fadden@android.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:39:21 -0800
Subject: Minor clarification.

People seem tempted to skip past the introductory material and jump
straight to the meaty bits, but the introduction tells you some
important things (like how you need to stop/start the framework).
---
 docs/embedded-vm-control.html | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'docs/embedded-vm-control.html')

diff --git a/docs/embedded-vm-control.html b/docs/embedded-vm-control.html
index 0b279e812..1e544534a 100644
--- a/docs/embedded-vm-control.html
+++ b/docs/embedded-vm-control.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <h1>Controlling the Embedded VM</h1>
 
 <ul>
-    <li><a href="#overview">Overview</a>
+    <li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a> (read this first!)
     <li><a href="#checkjni">Extended JNI Checks</a>
     <li><a href="#assertions">Assertions</a>
     <li><a href="#verifier">Bytecode Verification and Optimization</a>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <li><a href="#dexcheck">DEX File Checksums</a>
 </ul>
 
-<h2><a name="overview">Overview</a></h2>
+<h2><a name="introduction">Introduction (read this first!)</a></h2>
 
 <p>The Dalvik VM supports a variety of command-line arguments
 (use <code>adb shell dalvikvm -help</code> to get a summary), but
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ with <code>setprop</code>,
 issuing a shell command on the device like this:
 <pre>adb shell setprop &lt;name&gt; &lt;value&gt;</pre>
 
-<p>The Android runtime must be restarted before the changes will take
-effect (<code>adb shell stop; adb shell start</code>).  This is because the
+<p><strong>The Android runtime must be restarted before the changes will take
+effect</strong> (<code>adb shell stop; adb shell start</code>).  This is because the
 settings are processed in the "zygote" process, which starts early and stays
 around "forever".
 
-<p>You may not be able to set this as an unprivileged user.  You can use
+<p>You may not be able to set <code>dalvik.*</code> properties or restart
+the system as an unprivileged user.  You can use
 <code>adb root</code> or run the <code>su</code> command from the device
 shell on "userdebug" builds to become root first.  When in doubt,
 <pre>adb shell getprop &lt;name&gt;</pre>
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ add a line to <code>/data/local.prop</code> that looks like:
 
 <p>Such changes will survive reboots, but will be lost if the data
 partition is wiped.  (Hint: create a <code>local.prop</code>
-on your workstation, then <code>adb push local.prop /data</code> .  Or,
+on your workstation, then <code>adb push local.prop /data</code>.  Or,
 use one-liners like
 <code>adb shell "echo name = value &gt;&gt; /data/local.prop"</code> -- note
 the quotes are important.)
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