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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 19 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst | 9 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index ef25e06ec08c..500cfa776225 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -788,6 +788,25 @@ Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an alternative. + <DEVNAME>:<n>.<n>[,options] + Use the specified serial port on the serial core bus. + The addressing uses DEVNAME of the physical serial port + device, followed by the serial core controller instance, + and the serial port instance. The options are the same + as documented for the ttyS addressing above. + + The mapping of the serial ports to the tty instances + can be viewed with: + + $ ls -d /sys/bus/serial-base/devices/*:*.*/tty/* + /sys/bus/serial-base/devices/00:04:0.0/tty/ttyS0 + + In the above example, the console can be addressed with + console=00:04:0.0. Note that a console addressed this + way will only get added when the related device driver + is ready. The use of an earlycon parameter in addition to + the console may be desired for console output early on. + uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options] diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst index 2f2e5bd440f9..a85b3384d1e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst @@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ Command Function will be printed to your console. (``0``, for example would make it so that only emergency messages like PANICs or OOPSes would make it to your console.) + +``R`` Replay the kernel log messages on consoles. =========== =================================================================== Okay, so what can I use them for? @@ -211,6 +213,13 @@ processes. "just thaw ``it(j)``" is useful if your system becomes unresponsive due to a frozen (probably root) filesystem via the FIFREEZE ioctl. +``Replay logs(R)`` is useful to view the kernel log messages when system is hung +or you are not able to use dmesg command to view the messages in printk buffer. +User may have to press the key combination multiple times if console system is +busy. If it is completely locked up, then messages won't be printed. Output +messages depend on current console loglevel, which can be modified using +sysrq[0-9] (see above). + Sometimes SysRq seems to get 'stuck' after using it, what can I do? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |