From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755792AbYL2BkG (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:40:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751124AbYL2Bjw (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:39:52 -0500 Received: from rcsinet13.oracle.com ([148.87.113.125]:35051 "EHLO rgminet13.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751078AbYL2Bjv (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:39:51 -0500 Message-ID: <49582A61.6040209@oracle.com> Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:39:45 -0800 From: Randy Dunlap Organization: Oracle Linux Engineering User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070801) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: defconfigs (x86 defconfig: increase CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT) References: <200812282126.mBSLQ48J004583@hera.kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <200812282126.mBSLQ48J004583@hera.kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Source-IP: acsmt706.oracle.com [141.146.40.84] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090205.49582A63.0180:SCFSTAT928724,ss=1,fgs=0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote: > Author: Ingo Molnar > > x86 defconfig: increase CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT > > Impact: double the defconfig printk buffer > > Booting defconfigs produces more output than 128K so the output is > truncated - double it to 256K. > > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar > --- > arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig | 2 +- > arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Would someone attempt to explain the current purpose of defconfig files, please? thanks, -- ~Randy