Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261247AbVBZSFs (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:05:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261250AbVBZSFs (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:05:48 -0500 Received: from pop.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:19658 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261247AbVBZSFj (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:05:39 -0500 X-Authenticated: #264456 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:05:56 +0100 From: Matthias Kunze To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] config option for default loglevel Message-Id: <20050226190556.0def242c.Matthias.Kunze@gmx-topmail.de> Reply-To: Matthias.Kunze@gmx-topmail.de X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2356 Lines: 56 Hi, I've created a little patch to make the default loglevel a configurable option. Is there a chance that this patch will be included in a future release? diff -Naur linux-2.6.10/drivers/video/console/Kconfig linux-2.6.10-new/drivers/video/console/Kconfig --- linux-2.6.10/drivers/video/console/Kconfig 2004-12-24 22:34:26.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.10-new/drivers/video/console/Kconfig 2005-02-26 17:11:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -186,5 +186,25 @@ big letters (like the letters used in the SPARC PROM). If the standard font is unreadable for you, say Y, otherwise say N. +config DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL + int "Default Console Loglevel" + range 1 8 + default 7 + help + All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the console loglevel + will be printed to the console. This value can later be changed with + klogd or other programs. The loglevels are defined as follows: + + 0 (KERN_EMERG) system is unusable + 1 (KERN_ALERT) action must be taken immediately + 2 (KERN_CRIT) critical conditions + 3 (KERN_ERR) error conditions + 4 (KERN_WARNING) warning conditions + 5 (KERN_NOTICE) normal but significant condition + 6 (KERN_INFO) informational + 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages + + The console loglevel can be set to a value in the range from 1 to 8. + endmenu diff -Naur linux-2.6.10/kernel/printk.c linux-2.6.10-new/kernel/printk.c --- linux-2.6.10/kernel/printk.c 2005-02-26 16:49:03.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.10-new/kernel/printk.c 2005-02-26 17:32:09.000000000 +0100 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ /* We show everything that is MORE important than this.. */ #define MINIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL 1 /* Minimum loglevel we let people use */ -#define DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL 7 /* anything MORE serious than KERN_DEBUG */ +#define DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL CONFIG_DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(log_wait); --- Matthias Kunze http://elpp.foofighter.de - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/