linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/9] printk: add CON

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Message-ID: <20130301155820.GE30938@pd.tnic>
Date:	Fri, 1 Mar 2013 16:58:20 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Cc:	Joern Engel <joern@...fs.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] printk: add CON_ALLDATA console flag

On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 10:42:16AM -0500, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> I don't think you've provided a very strong case for ignoring the

Maybe you should've looked at the 5/9 commit message - there's your
strong case.

> administrator's configuration settings.  I'm against the patches that
> introduce this behaviour, for whatever that's worth (2 cents is the
> going rate, I think).

I'm fine with netconsole retaining old behavior since people reportedly
use it not only as a debugging console.

blockconsole, OTOH, is purely a debugging console and has to log
*everything* *out-of-the-box* once the block device is plugged in. No
configuration, no user intervention, no admin fiddling with whatever.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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