[PATCH] Re: kernel/printk.c: increasing the buffer size to capture devfsd debug messages.

From: Robert Read (rread@datarithm.net)
Date: Tue Feb 20 2001 - 15:17:27 EST

On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 01:37:16PM -0600, Thomas Dodd wrote:
> Robert Read wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 02:30:08AM +0900, Ishikawa wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone tried 128K buffer size in kernel/printk.c
> > > and still have the kernel boot (without
> > > hard to notice memory corruption problems and other subtle bugs)?
> > > Any hints and tips will be appreciated.
> >
> > I have used 128k and larger buffer sizes, and I just noticed this
> > fragment in the RedHat Tux Webserver patch. It creates a 2MB buffer:
>
> I think this should be a config option.

Ok, here is a simple patch to add a config option, I'm compiling it
now, so it's not tested yet. One question: what is the best way to
force this option to be a power of 2?

robert

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