From c114728af2acdca0bd8b1d2f5792e393c775f5fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hans-Joachim Picht Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:28:47 +0200 Subject: [S390] add call home support Signed-off-by: Hans-Joachim Picht Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky --- Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl') diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 322a00bb..2dbff53 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. -- cgit v1.1