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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index ef8192bc0c33..e11934177030 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ config PRINTK_TIME bool "Show timing information on printks" depends on PRINTK help - Selecting this option causes timing information to be - included in printk output. This allows you to measure - the interval between kernel operations, including bootup - operations. This is useful for identifying long delays - in kernel startup. Or add printk.time=1 at boot-time. - See Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt + Selecting this option causes time stamps of the printk() + messages to be added to the output of the syslog() system + call and at the console. + + The timestamp is always recorded internally, and exported + to /dev/kmsg. This flag just specifies if the timestamp should + be included, not that the timestamp is recorded. + + The behavior is also controlled by the kernel command line + parameter printk.time=1. See Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt config DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL int "Default message log level (1-7)" |
