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Subject: Re: Console output for debugging
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"H. Peter Anvin" wrote:

> Followup to:  <3C4DF2AD.66BC3F6C@cicese.mx>
> By author:    Serguei Miridonov <mirsev@cicese.mx>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > Q: Is there any function in the kernel which I can call
> > safely from a module to print debug message on the console
> > screen?
> >
> > I don't want to use printk for some reasons. One of them is
> > that I want messages to appear on the screen immediately,
> > even from interrupt processing routines. Another is to be
> > able to see messages until the system freezes completely in
> > case of software or hardware bug.
> >
>
> Use printk.

But beware of some ioctls to which at least Suse defaults,
these can intercept the direct output to the console (and
let syslogd emulate the console output).

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