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# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
# see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
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menu "System Logging Utilities"



config SYSLOGD
    bool "syslogd"
    default y
    help
      The syslogd utility is used to record logs of all the
      significant events that occur on a system. Every
      message that is logged records the date and time of the
      event, and will generally also record the name of the
      application that generated the message. When used in
      conjunction with klogd, messages from the Linux kernel
      can also be recorded. This is terribly useful,
      especially for finding what happened when something goes
      wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if
      you wait long enough....

config FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE
    bool "Rotate message files"
    default y
    depends on SYSLOGD
    help
      This enables syslogd to rotate the message files
      on his own. No need to use an external rotatescript.

config FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG
    bool "Remote Log support"
    default y
    depends on SYSLOGD
    help
      When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility can
      be used to send system log messages to another system
      connected via a network. This allows the remote
      machine to log all the system messages, which can be
      terribly useful for reducing the number of serial
      cables you use. It can also be a very good security
      measure to prevent system logs from being tampered with
      by an intruder.

config FEATURE_SYSLOGD_DUP
    bool "Support -D (drop dups) option"
    default y
    depends on SYSLOGD
    help
      Option -D instructs syslogd to drop consecutive messages
      which are totally the same.

config FEATURE_SYSLOGD_READ_BUFFER_SIZE
    int "Read buffer size in bytes"
    default 256
    range 256 20000
    depends on SYSLOGD
    help
      This option sets the size of the syslog read buffer.
      Actual memory usage increases around five times the
      change done here.

config FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
    bool "Circular Buffer support"
    default y
    depends on SYSLOGD
    help
      When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will
      use a circular buffer to record system log messages.
      When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite
      the oldest messages. This can be very useful for
      systems with little or no permanent storage, since
      otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your
      entire filesystem, which may cause your system to
      break badly.

config FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG_BUFFER_SIZE
    int "Circular buffer size in Kbytes (minimum 4KB)"
    default 16
    range 4 2147483647
    depends on FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
    help
      This option sets the size of the circular buffer
      used to record system log messages.

config LOGREAD
    bool "logread"
    default y
    depends on FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
    help
      If you enabled Circular Buffer support, you almost
      certainly want to enable this feature as well. This
      utility will allow you to read the messages that are
      stored in the syslogd circular buffer.

config FEATURE_LOGREAD_REDUCED_LOCKING
    bool "Double buffering"
    default y
    depends on LOGREAD
    help
      'logread' ouput to slow serial terminals can have
      side effects on syslog because of the semaphore.
      This option make logread to double buffer copy
      from circular buffer, minimizing semaphore
      contention at some minor memory expense.

config KLOGD
    bool "klogd"
    default y
    help
      klogd is a utility which intercepts and logs all
      messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages
      out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If
      you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel,
      you should enable this option.

config FEATURE_KLOGD_KLOGCTL
    bool "Use the klogctl() interface"
    default y
    depends on KLOGD && PLATFORM_LINUX
    help
      The klogd applet supports two interfaces for reading
      kernel messages. Linux provides the klogctl() interface
      which allows reading messages from the kernel ring buffer
      independently from the file system.

      If you answer 'N' here, klogd will use the more portable
      approach of reading them from /proc or a device node.
      However, this method requires the file to be available.

      If in doubt, say 'Y'.

config LOGGER
    bool "logger"
    default y
    select FEATURE_SYSLOG
    help
        The logger utility allows you to send arbitrary text
        messages to the system log (i.e. the 'syslogd' utility) so
        they can be logged. This is generally used to help locate
        problems that occur within programs and scripts.

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