Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261256AbVBZSSK (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:18:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261261AbVBZSSJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:18:09 -0500 Received: from relay1.tiscali.de ([62.26.116.129]:63197 "EHLO webmail.tiscali.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261256AbVBZSRe (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:17:34 -0500 Message-ID: <4220BD40.6040104@tiscali.de> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:17:36 +0100 From: Matthias-Christian Ott User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050108) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthias.Kunze@gmx-topmail.de CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] config option for default loglevel References: <20050226190556.0def242c.Matthias.Kunze@gmx-topmail.de> In-Reply-To: <20050226190556.0def242c.Matthias.Kunze@gmx-topmail.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2796 Lines: 71 Matthias Kunze wrote: >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/ > > > Hi! I think this patch is useful and should be included in further Kernel releases. Matthias-Christian Ott - 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/