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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2007-07-15 23:40:25 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-07-16 09:05:45 -0700
commite84845c4bf9a00533352e5805b35f42acdb04a1e (patch)
treed5791d8f19b97d8ae925cde32d59d53521e405a7 /Documentation
parent185848707e73382ba930857502a0b80ff6039967 (diff)
add printk.time option, deprecate 'time'
Allow printk_time to be enabled or disabled at boot time. Previously it could be enabled only, but not disabled. Change printk_time from an int to a bool since that's what it is. Make its logical (exposed) name just be "time" (was "printk_time"). Note: Changes kernel boot option syntax from "time" to "printk.time=value". Since printk_time is declared as a module_param, it can also be changed at run-time by modifying /sys/module/printk/parameters/time to a value of 1/Y/y to enabled it or 0/N/n to disable it. Since printk_time is declared as a module_param, its value can also be set at boot-time by using linux printk.time=<bool> If the "time" boot option is used, print a message that it is deprecated and will be removed. Note its planned removal in feature-removal-schedule.txt. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt4
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 4f69470e52d..f5d6f4d1624 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -257,6 +257,14 @@ Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
---------------------------
+What: 'time' kernel boot parameter
+When: January 2008
+Why: replaced by 'printk.time=<value>' so that printk timestamps can be
+ enabled or disabled as needed
+Who: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: drivers depending on OSS_OBSOLETE
When: options in 2.6.23, code in 2.6.25
Why: obsolete OSS drivers
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index ab38322111c..a0362d5a911 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1389,6 +1389,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
the kernel console.
default: off.
+ printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
+ Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
+
profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
Format: [schedule,]<number>
Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
@@ -1824,6 +1827,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
time Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
+ [deprecated, see 'printk.time']
tipar.timeout= [HW,PPT]
Set communications timeout in tenths of a second