Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:53:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:52:59 -0400 Received: from mail.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.2]:776 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:52:38 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 From: Keith Owens To: Jesper Juhl Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@linuxia64.org Subject: Re: console_loglevel is broken on ia64 In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:39:06 +0200." <3BCD89FA.6050209@eisenstein.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 23:53:01 +1000 Message-ID: <3145.1003326781@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:39:06 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: >Keith Owens wrote: >> kernel/printk.c has this abomination. >> int console_loglevel = DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL; >> int default_message_loglevel = DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL; >> int minimum_console_loglevel = MINIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL; >> int default_console_loglevel = DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL; >> Does anybody fancy a small project to clean up these variables? > >I would like to give it a try. Seems like a good little project for one >who is trying to learn his way around the kernel :) Good, I was hoping for somebody who wanted to get started on the kernel. It's all yours, unless somebody else does a patch first. Ensure that you find all references to these variables and make them all use the common #define, instead of random files declaring the variables themselves. Check all architectures as well. - 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/