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author | Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> | 2009-08-10 10:44:40 +1000 |
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committer | Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> | 2009-08-10 10:44:40 +1000 |
commit | d61c7ef6094d265549ef3a9a3d70e1d85ac7bac8 (patch) | |
tree | 5122a74156f94beb4a54c7f76dd8e8fdf8554ecb /Documentation | |
parent | 4d3f9b17ae0458bc6135a8436a75138ea78fb1fc (diff) | |
parent | 10a081a66aebe392be5bae6874523c52e26c23ee (diff) |
Merge commit 's390/features'
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 322a00bb99d9..2dbff53369d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Currently, these files might (depending on your configuration) show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - acpi_video_flags - acct +- callhome [ S390 only ] - auto_msgmni - core_pattern - core_uses_pid @@ -91,6 +92,21 @@ valid for 30 seconds. ============================================================== +callhome: + +Controls the kernel's callhome behavior in case of a kernel panic. + +The s390 hardware allows an operating system to send a notification +to a service organization (callhome) in case of an operating system panic. + +When the value in this file is 0 (which is the default behavior) +nothing happens in case of a kernel panic. If this value is set to "1" +the complete kernel oops message is send to the IBM customer service +organization in case the mainframe the Linux operating system is running +on has a service contract with IBM. + +============================================================== + core_pattern: core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name. |