Module parameters

Edit online

7.1 z/VM guest

If the z/VM® *MONITOR record writer device driver was compiled as a separate module, you configure the device driver through module parameters when you load the device driver module.

This section describes how to load and configure those components that were compiled as separate modules.

Figure 1. Monitor stream application device driver module parameter syntax

1  modprobe  monwriter
2.1!  max_bufs=255
2.1  max_bufs=<numbufs>

where <numbufs> is the maximum number of monitor sample and configuration data buffers that can exist in the Linux® guest at one time. The default is 255.

Example

If you have compiled the monitor stream application device driver as a separate module, you must load it before you can work with it. To load the monwriter module and set the maximum number of buffers to 400, use the following command: 
# modprobe monwriter max_bufs=400