linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Limit the number of processor bootup messages

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Date:	Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:11:03 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Mike Travis <travis@....com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Limit the number of processor bootup messages

On 11/13/2009 12:03 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
>> In which case..
>>
>> 	Dave
>>
>> --- 
>>
>> Remove the CPU cache size printk's.
>>
>> They aren't useful, and pollute the dmesg output a lot (especially on 
>> machines with many cores). Also the same information can be trivially 
>> found out from userspace.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
> 
> Precisely - these are the kind of simple patches i'd like to see.
> 

Indeed.

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>

I'll apply it tomorrow if you don't beat me to it.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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