linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] let LOG_BUF

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Date:	Fri, 1 Feb 2008 17:20:03 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] let LOG_BUF_SHIFT default to 17


* Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:

> 16 kB is often no longer enough for a normal boot of an UP system.
> 
> And even less when people e.g. use suspend.
> 
> 17 seems to be a more reasonable default for current kernels on 
> current hardware (it's just the default, anyone who is memory limited 
> can still lower it).

agreed - but i think the default should be even higher. Many reported 
dmesg's are truncated at the really interesting bits so it's a real 
problem in practice.

	Ingo
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