we are able to look in the log messages and work out, for example, which code
is being slow and which device drivers are misbehaving.
-Reading from this file will display what the mode is currently set
-to. Writing to this file will accept one of
+Reading from this file will display all supported modes and the currently
+selected one in brackets, for example
+
+ [shutdown] reboot test testproc
+
+Writing to this file will accept one of
'platform' (only if the platform supports it)
'shutdown'