On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:53:32 +0100 Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> Several people have observed that perhaps LOG_BUF_SHIFT should be in a more
> obvious place than under DEBUG_KERNEL. Under some circumstances (such as the
> PARISC architecture), DEBUG_KERNEL can increase kernel size, which is an
> undesirable trade off for something as trivial as increasing the kernel log
> buffer size.
>
> Instead, move LOG_BUF_SHIFT into "General Setup", so that people are more
> likely to be able to change it such a circumstance that the default buffer
> size is insufficient.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alistair John Strachan <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index b170aa1..cc9eb35 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -262,6 +262,23 @@ config IKCONFIG_PROC
> This option enables access to the kernel configuration file
> through /proc/config.gz.
>
> +config LOG_BUF_SHIFT
> + int "Kernel log buffer size (16 => 64KB, 17 => 128KB)"
> + range 12 21
> + default 17 if S390 || LOCKDEP
> + default 16 if X86_NUMAQ || IA64
> + default 15 if SMP
> + default 14
> + help
> + Select kernel log buffer size as a power of 2.
> + Defaults and Examples:
> + 17 => 128 KB for S/390
> + 16 => 64 KB for x86 NUMAQ or IA-64
> + 15 => 32 KB for SMP
> + 14 => 16 KB for uniprocessor
> + 13 => 8 KB
> + 12 => 4 KB
> +
> config CPUSETS
> bool "Cpuset support"
> depends on SMP
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index 3f3e740..de82401 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -86,23 +86,6 @@ config DEBUG_SHIRQ
> Drivers ought to be able to handle interrupts coming in at those
> points; some don't and need to be caught.
>
> -config LOG_BUF_SHIFT
> - int "Kernel log buffer size (16 => 64KB, 17 => 128KB)" if DEBUG_KERNEL
> - range 12 21
> - default 17 if S390 || LOCKDEP
> - default 16 if X86_NUMAQ || IA64
> - default 15 if SMP
> - default 14
> - help
> - Select kernel log buffer size as a power of 2.
> - Defaults and Examples:
> - 17 => 128 KB for S/390
> - 16 => 64 KB for x86 NUMAQ or IA-64
> - 15 => 32 KB for SMP
> - 14 => 16 KB for uniprocessor
> - 13 => 8 KB
> - 12 => 4 KB
> -
> config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
> bool "Detect Soft Lockups"
> depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !S390
>
> --
---
~Randy
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