fedora core 6 1.2949 + vserver 2.2.0

[linux-2.6.git] / Documentation / sysctl / kernel.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 3515917..5922e84 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ before actually making adjustments.
 
 Currently, these files might (depending on your configuration)
 show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
+- acpi_video_flags
 - acct
 - core_pattern
 - core_uses_pid
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
 - hotplug
 - java-appletviewer           [ binfmt_java, obsolete ]
 - java-interpreter            [ binfmt_java, obsolete ]
+- kstack_depth_to_print       [ X86 only ]
 - l2cr                        [ PPC only ]
 - modprobe                    ==> Documentation/kmod.txt
 - msgmax
@@ -56,6 +58,15 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
 
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+acpi_video_flags:
+
+flags
+
+See Doc*/kernel/power/video.txt, it allows mode of video boot to be
+set during run time.
+
+==============================================================
+
 acct:
 
 highwater lowwater frequency
@@ -76,7 +87,7 @@ valid for 30 seconds.
 core_pattern:
 
 core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name.
-. max length 64 characters; default value is "core"
+. max length 128 characters; default value is "core"
 . core_pattern is used as a pattern template for the output filename;
   certain string patterns (beginning with '%') are substituted with
   their actual values.
@@ -95,6 +106,9 @@ core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name.
        %h      hostname
        %e      executable filename
        %<OTHER> both are dropped
+. If the first character of the pattern is a '|', the kernel will treat
+  the rest of the pattern as a command to run.  The core dump will be
+  written to the standard input of that program instead of to a file.
 
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@@ -157,6 +171,13 @@ This flag controls the L2 cache of G3 processor boards. If
 
 ==============================================================
 
+kstack_depth_to_print: (X86 only)
+
+Controls the number of words to print when dumping the raw
+kernel stack.
+
+==============================================================
+
 osrelease, ostype & version:
 
 # cat osrelease
@@ -200,9 +221,8 @@ Controls the kernel's behaviour when an oops or BUG is encountered.
 
 0: try to continue operation
 
-1: delay a few seconds (to give klogd time to record the oops output) and
-   then panic.  If the `panic' sysctl is also non-zero then the machine will
-   be rebooted.
+1: panic immediatly.  If the `panic' sysctl is also non-zero then the
+   machine will be rebooted.
 
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