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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2012-11-29 15:32:35 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2012-11-29 15:51:22 +0100
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syslog.2: Add mention of CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man2/syslog.2 b/man2/syslog.2
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--- a/man2/syslog.2
+++ b/man2/syslog.2
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" 2008-02-15, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\" Update LOG_BUF_LEN details; update RETURN VALUE section.
.\"
-.TH SYSLOG 2 2012-11-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SYSLOG 2 2012-11-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
syslog, klogctl \- read and/or clear kernel message ring buffer;
set console_loglevel
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ In early kernels,
had the value 4096;
from kernel 1.3.54, it was 8192;
from kernel 2.1.113 it was 16384;
-since 2.4.23/2.6 the value is a kernel configuration option.
+since 2.4.23/2.6 the value is a kernel configuration option
+.RB ( CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT ).
.\" Under "General setup" ==> "Kernel log buffer size"
.\" For 2.6, precisely the option seems to have appeared in 2.5.55.
In recent kernels the size can be queried with command type 10 (see below).