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DateMon, 15 Sep 2008 11:58:38 +0200
FromPavel Machek <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] introduce boot_printk()
On Mon 2008-09-15 01:05:16, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> could be enabled via "boot=verbose" to get more debug info
> 
> will use it to convert some printk(KERN_DEBUG ...)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>

boot= is a bit too generic name, I guess...
								Pavel

> ---
>  include/linux/kernel.h |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel/printk.c        |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/kernel.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/kernel.h
> +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/kernel.h
> @@ -344,6 +344,25 @@ static inline char *pack_hex_byte(char *
>  #endif
> 
>  /*
> + * Debugging macros
> + */
> +#define BOOT_QUIET   0
> +#define BOOT_VERBOSE 1
> +#define BOOT_SPEW    2
> +
> +extern int boot_verbosity;
> +/*
> + * Define the default level of output to be very little
> + * This can be turned up by using boot=verbose for more
> + * information and boot=spew for _lots_ of information.
> + * boot_verbosity is defined in printk.c
> + */
> +#define boot_printk(v, s, a...) do {        \
> +		if ((v) <= boot_verbosity)  \
> +			printk(s, ##a);    \
> +	} while (0)
> +
> +/*
>   *      Display an IP address in readable format.
>   */
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/kernel/printk.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/printk.c
> +++ linux-2.6/kernel/printk.c
> @@ -604,6 +604,27 @@ asmlinkage int printk(const char *fmt, .
>  	return r;
>  }
> 
> +int boot_verbosity;
> +
> +static int __init boot_set_verbosity(char *arg)
> +{
> +	if (!arg)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	if (strcmp("spew", arg) == 0)
> +		boot_verbosity = BOOT_SPEW;
> +	else if (strcmp("verbose", arg) == 0)
> +		boot_verbosity = BOOT_VERBOSE;
> +	else {
> +		printk(KERN_WARNING "boot Verbosity level %s not recognised"
> +			" use boot=verbose or boot=spew\n", arg);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +early_param("boot", boot_set_verbosity);
> +
>  /* cpu currently holding logbuf_lock */
>  static volatile unsigned int printk_cpu = UINT_MAX;
> 
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