linux-kernel - Re: defconfigs (x86 defconfig: increase CONFIG_LOG_BUF

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Message-ID: <49582A61.6040209@oracle.com>
Date:	Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:39:45 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: defconfigs (x86 defconfig: increase CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT)

Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote:
> Author:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> 
>     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 <mingo@...e.hu>
> ---
>  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
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