linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] Documentation: add reference from dynamic debug to loglevel kernel params

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Message-ID: <4633bdb82c1c7c014d79840887878624a55c59f8.1720533043.git.daniel@lublin.se>
Date: Tue,  9 Jul 2024 15:51:57 +0200
From: Daniel Lublin <daniel@...lin.se>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Daniel Lublin <daniel@...lin.se>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] Documentation: add reference from dynamic debug to loglevel kernel params

This is useful information for somebody who has managed to dig into
enabling debug output, but is wondering why there is no such output
appearing on the console.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lublin <daniel@...lin.se>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
index 0e9b48daf690..7c036590cd07 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ Dynamic debug provides:
    - format string
    - class name (as known/declared by each module)
 
+NOTE: To actually get the debug-print output on the console, you may
+need to adjust the kernel ``loglevel=``, or use ``ignore_loglevel``.
+Read about these kernel parameters in
+Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst.
+
 Viewing Dynamic Debug Behaviour
 ===============================
 
-- 
2.45.2