Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: add reference from dynamic debug to loglevel kernel params

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Tue Jul 09 2024 - 11:03:13 EST


Daniel Lublin <daniel@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This is useful information for somebody who has managed to dig into
> enabling debug output, but is wondering why there is no such output
> appearing on the console.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lublin <daniel@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
> index 0e9b48daf690..7c036590cd07 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
> @@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ Dynamic debug provides:
> - format string
> - class name (as known/declared by each module)
>
> +NOTE: To actually get the debug-print output on the console, you may
> +need to adjust the kernel ``loglevel=``, or use ``ignore_loglevel``.
> +Read about these kernel parameters in
> +Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst.
> +

I've applied this, thanks.

jon