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From: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>,
	Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Subject: [patch 59/60] provide documentation for hvc_iucv printk & kernel parameter.
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:31:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081127103144.336918316@de.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20081127103020.528516828@de.ibm.com

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From: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
---

 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    3 ++
 Documentation/kmsg/s390/hvc_iucv    |   50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+)

Index: quilt-2.6/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
===================================================================
--- quilt-2.6.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ quilt-2.6/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -811,6 +811,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 
 	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
 
+	hvc_iucv=	[S390] Number of z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console (HVC)
+			       back-ends. Valid parameters: 0..8
+
 	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
 	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
 	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
Index: quilt-2.6/Documentation/kmsg/s390/hvc_iucv
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ quilt-2.6/Documentation/kmsg/s390/hvc_iucv
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*?
+ * Text: "The z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console cannot be used without z/VM.\n"
+ * Severity: Warning
+ * Description:
+ * On Linux instances that run in environments other than the z/VM hypervisor,
+ * z/VM IUCV is not available and the z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console cannot be
+ * used.
+ * User action:
+ * If the system does not run on a z/VM guest virtual machine,
+ * ignore this message.
+ */
+
+/*?
+ * Text: "Could not create new z/VM IUCV HVC backend rc=%d.\n"
+ * Severity: Error
+ * Parameter:
+ *   @1: Return code of the operation that has failed.
+ * Description:
+ * The driver initialization has failed to allocate a new z/VM IUCV HVC
+ * back-end. A common cause might be that there are not sufficient memory
+ * available.
+ * User action:
+ * Enure that the z/VM guest virtual machine has sufficient memory.
+ */
+
+/*?
+ * Text: "Could not register iucv handler (rc=%d).\n"
+ * Severity: Error
+ * Parameter:
+ *   @1: Return code from the IUCV registration.
+ * Description:
+ * The driver initialization has failed to register its z/VM IUCV callbacks to
+ * handle z/VM IUCV connections, and sending/receiving of IUCV messages.
+ * User action:
+ * Typically there might be additional IUCV error messages at the Linux kernel
+ * startup. Check the system log files.
+ */
+
+/*?
+ * Text: "Not enough memory for driver initialization (rs=%d).\n"
+ * Severity: Error
+ * Parameter:
+ *   @1: Memory allocation has failed: 1 = kmem_cache; and 2 = mempool.
+ * Description:
+ * The z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console back-end initialization has faild, because
+ * of a general memory allocation failure.
+ * User action:
+ * Ensure that the z/VM guest virtual machine has sufficient memory.
+ * See the your Linux distributor manuals for minimum system requirements.
+ */

-- 
blue skies,
   Martin.

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-11-27 10:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-27 10:30 [patch 00/60] s390 feature patches for 2.6.29 Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 01/60] vmcp: remove BKL Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 02/60] arch_setup_additional_pages arguments Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 03/60] introduce vdso on s390 Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 04/60] convert etr/stp to stop_machine interface Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 05/60] serialize stp/etr work Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 06/60] convert s390 to generic IPI infrastructure Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 07/60] Move stfle to header file Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 08/60] zcrypt: Use of Thin Interrupts Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 09/60] ap: Minor code beautification Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 10/60] qdio: fix qeth port count detection Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 11/60] qdio: add eqbs/sqbs instruction counters Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 12/60] qdio: fix compile warning under 31 bit Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 13/60] qdio: rework debug feature logging Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 14/60] qdio: improve error handling for unexpected buffer states Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 15/60] qdio: improve inbound buffer acknowledgement Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 16/60] service level interface Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 17/60] zfcp: Report microcode level through " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 18/60] dasd: improve dasd statistics proc interface Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 19/60] struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 20/60] iucv: Locking free version of iucv_message_(receive|send) Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 21/60] s390/hvc_console: z/VM IUCV hypervisor console support Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 22/60] ftrace: function tracer backend for s390 Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 23/60] __page_to_pfn warnings Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 24/60] remove ptrace warning on 31 bit Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 25/60] cio: get rid of compile warning Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 26/60] mark disabled_wait as noreturn function Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 27/60] remove warnings with functions ending in BUG Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 28/60] sclp vt220: fix compile warning Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 29/60] Add processor type march=z10 and a processor type safety check Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 30/60] dasd: Use accessors instead of using driver_data directly Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 31/60] cio: update sac values Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 32/60] Remove initial kernel stack backchain initialization Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 33/60] cio: move irritating comment Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 34/60] add new machine types to setup_hwcaps Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 35/60] convert xpram printks to pr_xxx macros Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 36/60] convert vmcp " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 37/60] convert lcs printks to dev_xxx and " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 38/60] convert cpcmd printks to " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:30 ` [patch 39/60] convert vmur " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 40/60] convert cio " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 41/60] convert cpacf " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 42/60] convert time " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 43/60] convert hypfs " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 44/60] convert setup " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 45/60] convert appldata " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 46/60] convert monreader " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 47/60] convert s390 debug feature " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 48/60] convert monwriter " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 49/60] convert dcssblk and extmem printks messages " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 50/60] convert ap_bus printks " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 51/60] convert iucv printks to dev_xxx and " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 52/60] convert sclp printks to " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 53/60] convert qeth printks to dev_xxx and " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 54/60] convert cpu related printks to " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 55/60] convert zfcp dumper " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 56/60] convert vmlogrdr " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 57/60] convert zfcp " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 58/60] convert ctcm printks to dev_xxx and " Martin Schwidefsky
2008-11-27 10:31 ` Martin Schwidefsky [this message]
2008-11-27 10:31 ` [patch 60/60] tape message cleanup Martin Schwidefsky

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