Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932113AbWAFB3N (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 20:29:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751460AbWAFB3N (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 20:29:13 -0500 Received: from warden-p.diginsite.com ([208.29.163.248]:23955 "HELO warden.diginsite.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751153AbWAFB3L (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 20:29:11 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 17:28:59 -0800 (PST) From: David Lang X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com To: Jan Engelhardt cc: Bernd Eckenfels , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: oops pauser. / boot_delayer In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1343 Lines: 29 On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > Also note that the kernel generates a lot of noise^W text - if now the > start scripts from $YOUR_FAVORITE_DISTRO also fill up, I can barely reach > the top of the kernel when it says > Linux version 2.6.15 (jengelh@gwdg-wb04.gwdg.de) (gcc version 4.0.2 > 20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)) #1 Tue Jan 3 09:21:27 CET 2006 enable a few different types of encryption and you have to enlarge the buffer (by quite a bit). the fact that all the encryption tests print several lines each out and can't be turned off (short of a quiet boot where you loose everything) is one of the more annoying things to me right now. this large boot message issue also slows your boot significantly if you have a fast box that has a serial console, it takes a long time to dump all that info out the serial port. David Lang -- There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. -- C.A.R. Hoare - 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/