Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 19 Jun 2004 10:31:02 +0200 | | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Stop printk printing non-printable chars |
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On Sat, 2004-06-19 01:03:30 +0100, matthew-lkml@newtoncomputing.co.uk <matthew-lkml@newtoncomputing.co.uk> wrote in message <20040619000330.GC5286@newtoncomputing.co.uk>: > On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 11:32:52PM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-06-18 21:53:55 +0100, matthew-lkml@newtoncomputing.co.uk <matthew-lkml@newtoncomputing.co.uk> > > wrote in message <20040618205355.GA5286@newtoncomputing.co.uk>:
> > It's dandy if you pump out some data via serial link. > > Is printk ever used to send anything out via a serial link? I assumed it > was only kernel log messages (that should really be fairly sane). Log > messages sent to serial printer, etc, don't want dodgy chars in them > that may mess up the printer, do they?
printk() is a printf() like interface to the log buffer. From there, all console drivers are fed, and in development (not for office or private use), you often attach a seruak cibsike to capture Oops messages and the like.
MfG, JBG
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