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authorLaurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>2024-04-22 13:59:12 +0000
committerLaurent Bercot <ska@appnovation.com>2024-04-22 13:59:12 +0000
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Clarify the -b argument to mdevd
Signed-off-by: Laurent Bercot <ska@appnovation.com>
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@@ -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). </li>
  <li> <tt>-b</tt>&nbsp;<em>kbufsz</em>&nbsp;: try and reserve a kernel buffer of
 <em>kbufsz</em> 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 <strong>512288</strong>,
+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. </li>
  <li> <tt>-n</tt>&nbsp;: dry run. mdevd will not create or delete