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-import if magellan mkinitrd; it is a fork of redhats mkinitrd-5.0.8 with all magellan patches and features; deprecates magellan-src/mkinitrd
1 | # |
2 | # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file, |
3 | # see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt. |
4 | # |
5 | |
6 | menu "System Logging Utilities" |
7 | |
8 | config SYSLOGD |
9 | bool "syslogd" |
10 | default n |
11 | help |
12 | The syslogd utility is used to record logs of all the |
13 | significant events that occur on a system. Every |
14 | message that is logged records the date and time of the |
15 | event, and will generally also record the name of the |
16 | application that generated the message. When used in |
17 | conjunction with klogd, messages from the Linux kernel |
18 | can also be recorded. This is terribly useful, |
19 | especially for finding what happened when something goes |
20 | wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if |
21 | you wait long enough.... |
22 | |
23 | config FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE |
24 | bool "Rotate message files" |
25 | default n |
26 | depends on SYSLOGD |
27 | help |
28 | This enables syslogd to rotate the message files |
29 | on his own. No need to use an external rotatescript. |
30 | |
31 | config FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG |
32 | bool "Remote Log support" |
33 | default n |
34 | depends on SYSLOGD |
35 | help |
36 | When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility can |
37 | be used to send system log messages to another system |
38 | connected via a network. This allows the remote |
39 | machine to log all the system messages, which can be |
40 | terribly useful for reducing the number of serial |
41 | cables you use. It can also be a very good security |
42 | measure to prevent system logs from being tampered with |
43 | by an intruder. |
44 | |
45 | config FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG |
46 | bool "Circular Buffer support" |
47 | default n |
48 | depends on SYSLOGD |
49 | help |
50 | When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will |
51 | use a circular buffer to record system log messages. |
52 | When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite |
53 | the oldest messages. This can be very useful for |
54 | systems with little or no permanent storage, since |
55 | otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your |
56 | entire filesystem, which may cause your system to |
57 | break badly. |
58 | |
59 | config FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG_BUFFER_SIZE |
60 | int " Circular buffer size in Kbytes (minimum 4KB)" |
61 | default 16 |
62 | depends on FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG |
63 | help |
64 | This option sets the size of the circular buffer |
65 | used to record system log messages. |
66 | |
67 | config LOGREAD |
68 | bool "logread" |
69 | default y |
70 | depends on FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG |
71 | help |
72 | If you enabled Circular Buffer support, you almost |
73 | certainly want to enable this feature as well. This |
74 | utility will allow you to read the messages that are |
75 | stored in the syslogd circular buffer. |
76 | |
77 | config FEATURE_LOGREAD_REDUCED_LOCKING |
78 | bool "logread double buffering" |
79 | default n |
80 | depends on LOGREAD |
81 | help |
82 | 'logread' ouput to slow serial terminals can have |
83 | side effects on syslog because of the semaphore. |
84 | This option make logread to double buffer copy |
85 | from circular buffer, minimizing semaphore |
86 | contention at some minor memory expense. |
87 | |
88 | config KLOGD |
89 | bool "klogd" |
90 | default n |
91 | depends on SYSLOGD |
92 | select FEATURE_SYSLOG |
93 | help |
94 | klogd is a utility which intercepts and logs all |
95 | messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages |
96 | out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If |
97 | you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel, |
98 | you should enable this option. |
99 | |
100 | config LOGGER |
101 | bool "logger" |
102 | default n |
103 | select FEATURE_SYSLOG |
104 | help |
105 | The logger utility allows you to send arbitrary text |
106 | messages to the system log (i.e. the 'syslogd' utility) so |
107 | they can be logged. This is generally used to help locate |
108 | problems that occur within programs and scripts. |
109 | |
110 | endmenu |
111 |