[Skiboot] [PATCH 3/3] doc/console-log: minor updates

Stewart Smith stewart at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Aug 1 18:11:36 AEST 2017


Signed-off-by: Stewart Smith <stewart at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 doc/console-log.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/console-log.rst b/doc/console-log.rst
index 9802418a23ac..ca9ec3ff04ad 100644
--- a/doc/console-log.rst
+++ b/doc/console-log.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,19 @@ of the memory console, we're pretty keen on keeping its location
 static.
 
 Events are logged in the following format:
-[timebase,log_level] message
+``[S.T,L] message`` where:
+
+:S: Seconds, which is the timebase divided by 512,000,000.
+    **NOTE**: The timebase is reset during boot, so zero is a few dozen
+    messages into skiboot booting.
+:T: Remaining Timebase. It is *NOT* a fraction of a second, but rather
+    timebase%512000000
+:L: Log level (see below)
+
+Example: ::
+
+  [    2.223466021,5] FLASH: Found system flash: Macronix MXxxL51235F id:0
+  [    3.494892796,7] FLASH: flash subpartition eyecatcher CAPP
 
 You should use the new prlog() call for any log message and set the
 log level/priority appropriately.
@@ -19,7 +31,8 @@ with prlog() calls.
 
 See timebase.h for full timebase explanation.
 
-Log level from skiboot.h:
+Log levels
+----------
 
 =============== ==========
 Define          Value
@@ -61,5 +74,3 @@ still only PR_NOTICE through drivers.
 
 People who write something like 0x1f will get a very quiet boot indeed.
 
-
-
-- 
2.13.3



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