Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 13:50:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 13:50:15 -0400 Received: from to-velocet.redhat.com ([216.138.202.10]:2800 "EHLO touchme.toronto.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 13:50:13 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 13:54:05 -0400 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: klibc and logging Message-ID: <20020813135405.A12730@redhat.com> References: <3D58B14A.5080500@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from hpa@zytor.com on Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 10:41:03AM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 961 Lines: 21 On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 10:41:03AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Requires too much to work before it's can be made available. > > Andrew Morton sent me a proposed patch last night which adds a klogctl > (a.k.a. sys_syslog) which does a printk() from userspace. It was less > than 10 lines; i.e. probably worth it. I have hooked this up to > syslog(3) in klibc, although the code is not checked in yet. Rather, why not have the file descriptor early userspace gets called with point to a file that printk's whatever is written to it? That makes more sense as the early init stuff really should end up in the kernel's log buffer. -ben -- "You will be reincarnated as a toad; and you will be much happier." - 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/