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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2011-02-20 20:08:35 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-02-21 15:07:04 -0800
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Documentation: log_buf_len uses [KMG] suffix
Update the "log_buf_len" description to use [KMG] syntax for the
buffer size.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 66771a34f185..f4a04c0c7edc 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1271,10 +1271,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			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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