Re: [PATCH/REQ] Increase kmsg buffer from 16K to 32K, kernel/printk.c

Gabor Lenart (lgb@lgb.hu)
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:21:24 +0100

On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 05:06:07PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Does Linus or anyone object to raising the ksmg buffer from 16K to 32K?
> > 4/5 systems I have now overflow the buffer during boot before init is
> > even launched.
>
> Thats just an indication that 2.4.x is currently printking too much crap on
> boot

Would it be possible to grow and shring that buffer on demand? Let's say
we have a default size and let it grow to a maximum value. After some
timeout, buffer size can be shrinked to default value if it's enough at
that moment. Or something similar.

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