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    s390/sclp: add parameter to specify number of buffer pages · 25b41a7b
    Martin Schwidefsky authored
    Add a kernel parameter to be able to specify the number of pages to be
    used as output buffer by the line-mode sclp driver and the vt220 sclp
    driver. The current number of output pages is 6, if the service element
    is unavailable the boot messages alone can fill up the output buffer.
    If this happens the system blocks until the service element is working
    again. For a large LPAR with many devices it is sensible to have the
    ability to increase the output buffer size. To help to debug this
    situation add a counter for the page-pool-empty situation and make it
    available as a sclp driver attribute.
    To avoid the system to stall until the service element works again
    add another kernel parameter to allow to drop output buffers.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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