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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-09-17 20:52:23 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-09-17 20:53:10 +0200 |
| commit | 45bd00d31de886f8425b4dd33204b911b0a466a9 (patch) | |
| tree | 06204f2452e02ca916666173d50f5035d69065ef /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | |
| parent | 40d9d82c8ab8c4e2373a23a1e31dc8d84c53aa01 (diff) | |
| parent | ab86e5765d41a5eb4239a1c04d613db87bea5ed8 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/core
Merge reason: Pick up kernel/softirq.c update for dependent fix.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 322a00bb99d9..2dbff53369d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Currently, these files might (depending on your configuration) show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - acpi_video_flags - acct +- callhome [ S390 only ] - auto_msgmni - core_pattern - core_uses_pid @@ -91,6 +92,21 @@ valid for 30 seconds. ============================================================== +callhome: + +Controls the kernel's callhome behavior in case of a kernel panic. + +The s390 hardware allows an operating system to send a notification +to a service organization (callhome) in case of an operating system panic. + +When the value in this file is 0 (which is the default behavior) +nothing happens in case of a kernel panic. If this value is set to "1" +the complete kernel oops message is send to the IBM customer service +organization in case the mainframe the Linux operating system is running +on has a service contract with IBM. + +============================================================== + core_pattern: core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name. |