linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] printk: allow setting DEFAULT_MESSAGE

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Date:	Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:18:50 +0000 (UTC)
From:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk: allow setting DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LEVEL via Kconfig

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:57:00 -0800, Mandeep Singh Baines wrote:

> We've been burned by regressions/bugs which we later realized could have
> been triaged quicker if only we'd paid closer attention to dmesg. To
> make it easier to audit dmesg, we'd like to make DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LEVEL
> Kconfig-settable. That way we can set it to KERN_NOTICE and audit any
> messages <= KERN_WARNING.
> 

Why? We already have "loglevel=" kernel parameter.

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