Matthias Kunze wrote:
Hi!Hi,
I've created a little patch to make the default loglevel a configurable option. Is there a chance that this patch will be included in a future release?
diff -Naur linux-2.6.10/drivers/video/console/Kconfig linux-2.6.10-new/drivers/video/console/Kconfig --- linux-2.6.10/drivers/video/console/Kconfig 2004-12-24 22:34:26.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.10-new/drivers/video/console/Kconfig 2005-02-26 17:11:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -186,5 +186,25 @@ big letters (like the letters used in the SPARC PROM). If the standard font is unreadable for you, say Y, otherwise say N.
+config DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL + int "Default Console Loglevel" + range 1 8 + default 7 + help + All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the console loglevel + will be printed to the console. This value can later be changed with + klogd or other programs. The loglevels are defined as follows: + + 0 (KERN_EMERG) system is unusable + 1 (KERN_ALERT) action must be taken immediately + 2 (KERN_CRIT) critical conditions + 3 (KERN_ERR) error conditions + 4 (KERN_WARNING) warning conditions + 5 (KERN_NOTICE) normal but significant condition + 6 (KERN_INFO) informational + 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages + + The console loglevel can be set to a value in the range from 1 to 8. + endmenu
diff -Naur linux-2.6.10/kernel/printk.c linux-2.6.10-new/kernel/printk.c --- linux-2.6.10/kernel/printk.c 2005-02-26 16:49:03.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.10-new/kernel/printk.c 2005-02-26 17:32:09.000000000 +0100 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
/* We show everything that is MORE important than this.. */ #define MINIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL 1 /* Minimum loglevel we let people use */ -#define DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL 7 /* anything MORE serious than KERN_DEBUG */ +#define DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL CONFIG_DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL
DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(log_wait);
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I think this patch is useful and should be included in further Kernel releases.
Matthias-Christian Ott - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
