linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64: be less annoying on boot

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Date:	Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:18:24 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	dcg <diegocg@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: be less annoying on boot


* dcg <diegocg@...il.com> wrote:

> El Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:50:27 +0200, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> escribió:
> 
> > that has some marginal use: it shows that we are past the really 
> > basic system setup code, we decompressed the kernel and entered 
> > protected mode with boot paging enabled.
> 
> What I find annoying about that printk is that I see it even with the 
> "quiet" boot flag.

that's a property of early_printk() - it just doesnt listen to any of 
the normal printk modifiers. (and that's the point of early_printk())

could you please send a patch that only calls that early_printk() if 
console_loglevel == 10? (i.e. if "debug" has been passed)

	Ingo
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