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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>2007-03-08 20:41:08 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-04-25 22:24:05 -0700
commita2a316fd068c455c609ecc155dcfaa7e208d29fe (patch)
tree9839e2c7e05e9d25241fa7c7b27fd06214120292 /Documentation
parentae40eb1ef30ab4120bd3c8b7e3da99ee53d27a23 (diff)
downloadlinux-a2a316fd068c455c609ecc155dcfaa7e208d29fe.tar.bz2
[NET]: Replace CONFIG_NET_DEBUG with sysctl.
Covert network warning messages from a compile time to runtime choice. Removes kernel config option and replaces it with new /proc/sys/net/core/warnings. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 5484ab5efd4f..7aaf09b86a55 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -1421,6 +1421,15 @@ fewer messages that will be written. Message_burst controls when messages will
be dropped. The default settings limit warning messages to one every five
seconds.
+warnings
+--------
+
+This controls console messages from the networking stack that can occur because
+of problems on the network like duplicate address or bad checksums. Normally,
+this should be enabled, but if the problem persists the messages can be
+disabled.
+
+
netdev_max_backlog
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