Re: [PATCH] modify console_loglevel from commandline
Robert Minichino (rmini@joni.pasture.net)
Wed, 9 Dec 1998 21:38:00 -0500 (EST)
> On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 03:24:46AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > Legally required - I dont think so. Polite - yes
>
> I don't doubt it's polite -- but if its not legally required, why not
> give some people the option to be less verbose?
>
> All those with big heads who will be offended by this, please step
> forward and say (c) 1998 blah now.
>
> Initially I know some people don't like all the messages linux spews
> out, but after a while it doesn't bother people so much and often
> turns out damned handy (a linux boot disk makes a great hardware
> diganotics tool).
>
> How about we just leave the boot message alone for now?
This can be done now at compile-time. Just dive into kernel/printk.c and
change DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL to something low. Hell, some really
impolite idiot can go through and REMOVE the copyright notices in his
copy. Considering that some kernel options can completely hinder a
system from booting, I doubt that at least the loglevel= option would be
that horrible. But it's only a stopgap fix to a bigger (and more
annoying, at least to me) problem.
--
Robert Minichino
Chief Engineer
Denarius Enterprises, Inc.
http://www.denarius.com/
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