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diff --git a/doc/imklog.html b/doc/imklog.html index 0ed0e218..1f195b16 100644 --- a/doc/imklog.html +++ b/doc/imklog.html @@ -29,16 +29,23 @@ need to specify this configuratin directive - it is included primarily for few limited cases where it is needed for good reason. Bottom line: if you don't have a good idea why you should use this setting, do not touch it.</li> -<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">PermitNonKernelFacility -[on/<span style="font-style: italic;">off</span>]<br> -</span>At least under BSD the kernel log may contain entries +<li><b>PermitNonKernelFacility [on/<i>off</i>]</b><br> +At least under BSD the kernel log may contain entries with non-kernel facilities. This setting controls how those are handled. The default is "off", in which case these messages are ignored. Switch it to on to submit non-kernel messages to rsyslog -processing.<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></li> -<li><b>KeepKernelTimeStamp</b> [on/<b>off</b>] -- -<br>if the Kernel creates a timestamp for its log messages, this timestamp will be preserved. -If disabled, the time when the message is received will be used.<br> +processing.</li> +<li><b>ParseKernelTimeStamp</b> [on/<b>off</b>]<br> +If enabled and the kernel creates a timestamp for its log messages, this timestamp will be +parsed and converted into regular message time instead to use the receive time of the kernel +message (as in 5.8.x and before). Default is to not parse the kernel timestamp, because the +clock used by the kernel to create the timestamps is not supposed to be as accurate as the +monotonic clock required to convert it. Depending on the hardware and kernel, it can result +in message time differences between kernel and system messages which occurred at same time. +<li><b>KeepKernelTimeStamp</b> [on/<b>off</b>]<br> +If enabled, this option causes to keep the [timestamp] provided by the kernel at the begin +of in each message rather than to remove it, when it could be parsed and converted into +local time for use as regular message time. Only used when <b>ParseKernelTimestamp</b> is on. <li><b>ConsoleLogLevel</b> [<i>number</i>] (former klogd -c option) -- sets the console log level. If specified, only messages with up to the specified level are printed to the console. The default is -1, which means that @@ -60,7 +67,7 @@ parameters are left by default, which is usually a good idea. Please note that loading the plugin is sufficient to activate it. No directive is needed to start pulling kernel messages.<br> </p> -<textarea rows="15" cols="60">module(load="imklog") +<textarea rows="4" cols="60">module(load="imklog") </textarea> <p><b>Legacy Configuration Directives</b>:</p> <ul> @@ -95,19 +102,10 @@ Linux only, ignored on other platforms (but may be specified)</li> former klogd -2 option<br> Linux only, ignored on other platforms (but may be specified)<br style="font-weight: bold;"> </li> -<li><b>$klogParseKernelTimestamp</b> [on/<b>off</b>] -If enabled and the kernel creates a timestamp for its log messages, this timestamp will be -parsed and converted into regular message time instead to use the receive time of the kernel -message (as in 5.8.x and before). Default is to not parse the kernel timestamp, because the -clock used by the kernel to create the timestamps is not supposed to be as accurate as the -monotonic clock required to convert it. Depending on the hardware and kernel, it can result -in message time differences between kernel and system messages which occurred at same time. -</li> -<li><b>$klogKeepKernelTimestamp</b> [on/<b>off</b>] -If enabled, this option causes to keep the [timestamp] provided by the kernel at the begin -of in each message rather than to remove it, when it could be parsed and converted into -local time for use as regular message time. Only used, when $klogParseKernelTimestamp is on. -</li> +<li><b>$klogParseKernelTimeStamp</b> [on/<b>off</b>]<br> +equivalent to: ParseKernelTimeStamp</li> +<li><b>$klogKeepKernelTimeStamp</b> [on/<b>off</b>]<br> +equivalent to: KeepKernelTimeStamp</li> </ul> <p>[<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">rsyslog.conf overview</a>] [<a href="manual.html">manual index</a>] [<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog site</a>]</p> |