bool "klogd"
default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_KLOGD
help
- klogd is a utility which intercepts and logs all
- messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages
- out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If
- you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel,
- you should enable this option.
+ klogd is a utility which intercepts and logs all
+ messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages
+ out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If
+ you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel,
+ you should enable this option.
comment "klogd should not be used together with syslog to kernel printk buffer"
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KLOGD && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_KMSG_SYSLOG
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KLOGD
select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PLATFORM_LINUX
help
- The klogd applet supports two interfaces for reading
- kernel messages. Linux provides the klogctl() interface
- which allows reading messages from the kernel ring buffer
- independently from the file system.
+ The klogd applet supports two interfaces for reading
+ kernel messages. Linux provides the klogctl() interface
+ which allows reading messages from the kernel ring buffer
+ independently from the file system.
- If you answer 'N' here, klogd will use the more portable
- approach of reading them from /proc or a device node.
- However, this method requires the file to be available.
+ If you answer 'N' here, klogd will use the more portable
+ approach of reading them from /proc or a device node.
+ However, this method requires the file to be available.
- If in doubt, say 'Y'.
+ If in doubt, say 'Y'.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGGER
bool "logger"
default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_LOGGER
bool "logread"
default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_LOGREAD
help
- If you enabled Circular Buffer support, you almost
- certainly want to enable this feature as well. This
- utility will allow you to read the messages that are
- stored in the syslogd circular buffer.
+ If you enabled Circular Buffer support, you almost
+ certainly want to enable this feature as well. This
+ utility will allow you to read the messages that are
+ stored in the syslogd circular buffer.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LOGREAD_REDUCED_LOCKING
bool "Double buffering"
default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_LOGREAD_REDUCED_LOCKING
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGREAD
help
- 'logread' output to slow serial terminals can have
- side effects on syslog because of the semaphore.
- This option make logread to double buffer copy
- from circular buffer, minimizing semaphore
- contention at some minor memory expense.
+ 'logread' output to slow serial terminals can have
+ side effects on syslog because of the semaphore.
+ This option make logread to double buffer copy
+ from circular buffer, minimizing semaphore
+ contention at some minor memory expense.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
bool "syslogd"
default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_SYSLOGD
help
- The syslogd utility is used to record logs of all the
- significant events that occur on a system. Every
- message that is logged records the date and time of the
- event, and will generally also record the name of the
- application that generated the message. When used in
- conjunction with klogd, messages from the Linux kernel
- can also be recorded. This is terribly useful,
- especially for finding what happened when something goes
- wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if
- you wait long enough....
+ The syslogd utility is used to record logs of all the
+ significant events that occur on a system. Every
+ message that is logged records the date and time of the
+ event, and will generally also record the name of the
+ application that generated the message. When used in
+ conjunction with klogd, messages from the Linux kernel
+ can also be recorded. This is terribly useful,
+ especially for finding what happened when something goes
+ wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if
+ you wait long enough....
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE
bool "Rotate message files"
default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
help
- This enables syslogd to rotate the message files
- on his own. No need to use an external rotate script.
+ This enables syslogd to rotate the message files
+ on his own. No need to use an external rotate script.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG
bool "Remote Log support"
default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
help
- When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility can
- be used to send system log messages to another system
- connected via a network. This allows the remote
- machine to log all the system messages, which can be
- terribly useful for reducing the number of serial
- cables you use. It can also be a very good security
- measure to prevent system logs from being tampered with
- by an intruder.
+ When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility can
+ be used to send system log messages to another system
+ connected via a network. This allows the remote
+ machine to log all the system messages, which can be
+ terribly useful for reducing the number of serial
+ cables you use. It can also be a very good security
+ measure to prevent system logs from being tampered with
+ by an intruder.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_DUP
bool "Support -D (drop dups) option"
default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_DUP
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
help
- Option -D instructs syslogd to drop consecutive messages
- which are totally the same.
+ Option -D instructs syslogd to drop consecutive messages
+ which are totally the same.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_CFG
bool "Support syslog.conf"
default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_CFG
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
help
- Supports restricted syslogd config. See docs/syslog.conf.txt
+ Supports restricted syslogd config. See docs/syslog.conf.txt
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_READ_BUFFER_SIZE
int "Read buffer size in bytes"
range 256 20000
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
help
- This option sets the size of the syslog read buffer.
- Actual memory usage increases around five times the
- change done here.
+ This option sets the size of the syslog read buffer.
+ Actual memory usage increases around five times the
+ change done here.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
bool "Circular Buffer support"
default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
help
- When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will
- use a circular buffer to record system log messages.
- When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite
- the oldest messages. This can be very useful for
- systems with little or no permanent storage, since
- otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your
- entire filesystem, which may cause your system to
- break badly.
+ When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will
+ use a circular buffer to record system log messages.
+ When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite
+ the oldest messages. This can be very useful for
+ systems with little or no permanent storage, since
+ otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your
+ entire filesystem, which may cause your system to
+ break badly.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG_BUFFER_SIZE
int "Circular buffer size in Kbytes (minimum 4KB)"
range 4 2147483647
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
help
- This option sets the size of the circular buffer
- used to record system log messages.
+ This option sets the size of the circular buffer
+ used to record system log messages.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_KMSG_SYSLOG
bool "Linux kernel printk buffer support"
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PLATFORM_LINUX
help
- When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will
- write system log message to the Linux kernel's printk buffer.
- This can be used as a smaller alternative to the syslogd IPC
- support, as klogd and logread aren't needed.
+ When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will
+ write system log message to the Linux kernel's printk buffer.
+ This can be used as a smaller alternative to the syslogd IPC
+ support, as klogd and logread aren't needed.
- NOTICE: Syslog facilities in log entries needs kernel 3.5+.
+ NOTICE: Syslog facilities in log entries needs kernel 3.5+.
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