From 5f93d0e7f6cf53a39184e36d47ca30251c5d38ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laurent Bercot Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:59:12 +0000 Subject: Clarify the -b argument to mdevd Signed-off-by: Laurent Bercot --- doc/mdevd.html | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/mdevd.html b/doc/mdevd.html index 93bb54f..983dbb5 100644 --- a/doc/mdevd.html +++ b/doc/mdevd.html @@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ netlink group 1 is the one used by the kernel to send the original uevents and that mdevd listens to, and we don't want to loopback on it).
  • -b kbufsz : try and reserve a kernel buffer of kbufsz bytes for the netlink queue. Too large a buffer wastes kernel memory; -too small a buffer risks losing events. The default is 500 kB, which should be +too small a buffer risks losing events. The default is 512288, +meaning 500 kB, which should be enough for most systems; if you're getting "No buffer space available" errors from mdevd at coldplug time, try increasing this number.
  • -n : dry run. mdevd will not create or delete -- cgit v1.2.3