linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] console: prevent registered consoles from dumping old kernel message over again

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Date:	Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:50:09 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gregkh@...e.de" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] console: prevent registered consoles from dumping old
 kernel message over again

> Don't know if I understand correctly, but with this patch all the consoles
> still will get the full version of kernel messages, it just save some
> console from dumping some of the early messages several times.
> 
> Still use the old example, assume log0 is the kernel messages from boot start to
> the point where tty1 get registered, log1 is from tty1's registering to
> ttyMFD2's, log2 is the rest kernel message. Before this patch, on the
> boot console, we will see: log0 + log0 + log1 + log0 + log1 + log2.

Sorry misunderstood the point of the patch - yes that makes sense !
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