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From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH] printk: Document that CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY required for boot_delay=
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 12:04:40 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230123180440.901793-1-helgaas@kernel.org> (raw)

From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>

Document the fact that CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY must be enabled for the
"boot_delay" kernel parameter to work.  Also mention that "lpj=" may be
necessary.

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6cfa6e3996cf..b0b40b6a765c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -480,8 +480,9 @@
 			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
 
 	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
-			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
-			no delay (0).
+			Enable CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY and also specify
+			"lpj=".  Boot_delay values larger than 10 seconds
+			(10000) are changed to no delay (0).
 			Format: integer
 
 	bootconfig	[KNL]
-- 
2.25.1


             reply	other threads:[~2023-01-23 18:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-23 18:04 Bjorn Helgaas [this message]
2023-01-23 18:18 ` [PATCH] printk: Document that CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY required for boot_delay= Matthew Wilcox
2023-01-23 20:44   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2023-01-23 21:28     ` Randy Dunlap

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