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diff --git a/sysklogd/klogd.c b/sysklogd/klogd.c index 432ded1..ca8b848 100644 --- a/sysklogd/klogd.c +++ b/sysklogd/klogd.c @@ -16,6 +16,39 @@ * * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree. */ +//config:config KLOGD +//config: bool "klogd" +//config: default y +//config: help +//config: klogd is a utility which intercepts and logs all +//config: messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages +//config: out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If +//config: you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel, +//config: you should enable this option. +//config: +//config:comment "klogd should not be used together with syslog to kernel printk buffer" +//config: depends on KLOGD && FEATURE_KMSG_SYSLOG +//config: +//config:config FEATURE_KLOGD_KLOGCTL +//config: bool "Use the klogctl() interface" +//config: default y +//config: depends on KLOGD +//config: select PLATFORM_LINUX +//config: help +//config: The klogd applet supports two interfaces for reading +//config: kernel messages. Linux provides the klogctl() interface +//config: which allows reading messages from the kernel ring buffer +//config: independently from the file system. +//config: +//config: If you answer 'N' here, klogd will use the more portable +//config: approach of reading them from /proc or a device node. +//config: However, this method requires the file to be available. +//config: +//config: If in doubt, say 'Y'. + +//applet:IF_KLOGD(APPLET(klogd, BB_DIR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP)) + +//kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_KLOGD) += klogd.o //usage:#define klogd_trivial_usage //usage: "[-c N] [-n]" |