linux-kernel - [PATCH] Documentation: log_buf

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Message-Id: <20110206204002.2f3eab4e.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Sun, 6 Feb 2011 20:40:02 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: log_buf_len accepts [KMG]

From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

Update the "log_buf_len" description to use [KMG] syntax for the
buffer size.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- linux-next-20110204.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ linux-next-20110204/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1262,10 +1262,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
 			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
 
-	log_buf_len=n	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes.
-			Format: { n | nk | nM }
-			n must be a power of two.  The default size
-			is set in the kernel config file.
+	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
+			in bytes.  n must be a power of two.  The default
+			size is set in the kernel config file.
 
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