diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'sysklogd/syslogd.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysklogd/syslogd.c | 101 |
1 files changed, 101 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c index 156f487e5..288b29cf7 100644 --- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c +++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c @@ -12,6 +12,107 @@ * * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree. */ +//config:config SYSLOGD +//config: bool "syslogd" +//config: default y +//config: help +//config: The syslogd utility is used to record logs of all the +//config: significant events that occur on a system. Every +//config: message that is logged records the date and time of the +//config: event, and will generally also record the name of the +//config: application that generated the message. When used in +//config: conjunction with klogd, messages from the Linux kernel +//config: can also be recorded. This is terribly useful, +//config: especially for finding what happened when something goes +//config: wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if +//config: you wait long enough.... +//config: +//config:config FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE +//config: bool "Rotate message files" +//config: default y +//config: depends on SYSLOGD +//config: help +//config: This enables syslogd to rotate the message files +//config: on his own. No need to use an external rotatescript. +//config: +//config:config FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG +//config: bool "Remote Log support" +//config: default y +//config: depends on SYSLOGD +//config: help +//config: When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility can +//config: be used to send system log messages to another system +//config: connected via a network. This allows the remote +//config: machine to log all the system messages, which can be +//config: terribly useful for reducing the number of serial +//config: cables you use. It can also be a very good security +//config: measure to prevent system logs from being tampered with +//config: by an intruder. +//config: +//config:config FEATURE_SYSLOGD_DUP +//config: bool "Support -D (drop dups) option" +//config: default y +//config: depends on SYSLOGD +//config: help +//config: Option -D instructs syslogd to drop consecutive messages +//config: which are totally the same. +//config: +//config:config FEATURE_SYSLOGD_CFG +//config: bool "Support syslog.conf" +//config: default y +//config: depends on SYSLOGD +//config: help +//config: Supports restricted syslogd config. See docs/syslog.conf.txt +//config: +//config:config FEATURE_SYSLOGD_READ_BUFFER_SIZE +//config: int "Read buffer size in bytes" +//config: default 256 +//config: range 256 20000 +//config: depends on SYSLOGD +//config: help +//config: This option sets the size of the syslog read buffer. +//config: Actual memory usage increases around five times the +//config: change done here. +//config: +//config:config FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG +//config: bool "Circular Buffer support" +//config: default y +//config: depends on SYSLOGD +//config: help +//config: When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will +//config: use a circular buffer to record system log messages. +//config: When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite +//config: the oldest messages. This can be very useful for +//config: systems with little or no permanent storage, since +//config: otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your +//config: entire filesystem, which may cause your system to +//config: break badly. +//config: +//config:config FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG_BUFFER_SIZE +//config: int "Circular buffer size in Kbytes (minimum 4KB)" +//config: default 16 +//config: range 4 2147483647 +//config: depends on FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG +//config: help +//config: This option sets the size of the circular buffer +//config: used to record system log messages. +//config: +//config:config FEATURE_KMSG_SYSLOG +//config: bool "Linux kernel printk buffer support" +//config: default y +//config: depends on SYSLOGD +//config: select PLATFORM_LINUX +//config: help +//config: When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will +//config: write system log message to the Linux kernel's printk buffer. +//config: This can be used as a smaller alternative to the syslogd IPC +//config: support, as klogd and logread aren't needed. +//config: +//config: NOTICE: Syslog facilities in log entries needs kernel 3.5+. + +//applet:IF_SYSLOGD(APPLET(syslogd, BB_DIR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP)) + +//kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_SYSLOGD) += syslogd_and_logger.o //usage:#define syslogd_trivial_usage //usage: "[OPTIONS]" |