Re: [PATCH v2] vt: add init_hide parameter to suppress boot output

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Feb 19 2013 - 20:44:53 EST


On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 05:53:44PM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> From: Andy Ross <andy.ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When vt.init_hide is set, suppress output on newly created consoles until
> an affirmative switched to that console. This prevents boot output from
> displaying (and clobbering splash screens, etc...) without disabling the
> console entirely.

What's wrong with the 'quiet' option we have? And you forgot to
document this.

greg k-h
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