linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] Only print "Decompressing Linux" etc when 'debug' is passed.

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Date:	Mon, 26 May 2008 17:09:26 +0200
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...urebad.de>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
Cc:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>,
	Kristian Høgsberg <krh@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] Only print "Decompressing Linux" etc when 'debug' is passed.

Hi,

Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de> writes:

> On Monday 2008-05-26 11:22, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
>>=?utf-8?q?Kristian=20H=C3=B8gsberg?= writes:
>> > Signed-off-by: Kristian HÃ¸gsberg <krh@...hat.com>
>> > ---
>> > 
>> > Updated to use the standard 'debug' parameter instead of 'noisy'.
>> > 
>> >  arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c |   30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>> >  1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>>NAK
>>
>>You still haven't explained why suppressing these
>>messages is necessary.
>
> In fact, quite the opposite, http://tinyurl.com/68notu , is
> worthwhile.

I want dots!  My bootloader already prints dots!

Decompressing Linux...................done.
Booting the kernel.

	Hannes
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