Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752574AbYH0RNl (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:13:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751012AbYH0RNd (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:13:33 -0400 Received: from relay5.mail.uk.clara.net ([80.168.70.185]:38967 "EHLO relay5.mail.uk.clara.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750833AbYH0RNd (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:13:33 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 6396 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:13:32 EDT Message-ID: <48B58B38.30303@onelan.com> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:13:28 +0100 From: Simon Farnsworth User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joe Korty CC: Mark Brown , Ingo Molnar , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk timestamp post-boot suppression, v2 References: <20080827151613.GA10325@tsunami.ccur.com> <20080827161621.GF10834@sirena.org.uk> <20080827170424.GA17217@tsunami.ccur.com> In-Reply-To: <20080827170424.GA17217@tsunami.ccur.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Clara-Relay: Message sent using Claranet Relay Service using auth code: simon.farnsworth@onelan.co.uk Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 831 Lines: 23 Joe Korty wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:16:30PM -0400, Mark Brown wrote: >> It'd be nicer if this were optional - syslog typically only logs at >> second resolution and not all systems are going to have logfiles. > > > Optionally suppress printk timestamping after system boot. > JOOI, what's wrong with having your init scripts contain a line like: echo 0 > /sys/module/printk/parameters/time ? This has the advantage that you can avoid turning the kernel's timestamps off until you know that syslog is running and timestamp events that it's receiving. -- Simon Farnsworth -- 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/