Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964934AbWI0Ekh (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:40:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964969AbWI0Ekh (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:40:37 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:390 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964934AbWI0Ekf (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:40:35 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:32:39 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Jesper Juhl , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Tiny error in printk output for clocksource : a3:<6>Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed. Message-ID: <20060927043239.GA32082@kroah.com> References: <9a8748490609261722g557eaeeayc148b5f5d910874d@mail.gmail.com> <20060926173347.04fd66dd.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <200609270236.58148.jesper.juhl@gmail.com> <20060926205415.98b8d95d.rdunlap@xenotime.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060926205415.98b8d95d.rdunlap@xenotime.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2089 Lines: 56 On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 08:54:15PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:36:58 +0200 Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > On Wednesday 27 September 2006 02:33, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:22:18 +0200 Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > > > > > I get this in dmesg with 2.6.18-git6 : > > > > a3:<6>Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed. > > > > > > > > Looks like some printk() somewhere is not adding \n correctly after > > > > outputting a message priority or a message priority too much is > > > > used... I've not investigated where this happens, but just wanted to > > > > report it. > > > > > > Hi, > > > How about posting (pasting) some of the message log before that? > > > > > Sure, below is the entire dmesg output from this boot of the box > > (including the line above) : > > I suppose that you have CONFIG_PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE=y ? > What happens if you change to to =n ? > > > eth0: VIA Rhine II at 0xff5fec00, 00:50:ba:f2:<6>serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > > serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 > > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice > > EDAC MC: Ver: 2.0.1 Sep 27 2006 > > TCP cubic registered > > NET: Registered protocol family 1 > > NET: Registered protocol family 17 > > Starting balanced_irq > > Using IPI Shortcut mode > > a3:<6>Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed. > > 1d, IRQ 18. > > eth0: MII PHY found at address 8, status 0x782d advertising 01e1 Link 45e1. > > I'm pretty sure that this is caused by parallel device probing. > The serio and clocksource messages are interspersed with the > eth0 (via rhine) info. Garbled. > > Greg, is this expected? Only if one bit of code doesn't write a full line to the printk() buffer, yes that could happen. What driver writes "a3:"? I couldn't find it anywhere in Linus's current tree. thanks, greg k-h - 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/