Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:58:02 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: klibc and logging |
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Russell King wrote: > >>I really think this is a bad idea. The kmsg device has different >>properties -- for example, you're supposed to tag things with the >>message importance. It really matches the syslog(3) interface better. >>Also, the special case makes me nervous. > > Without something like this, it means that effectively the "echo" command > wouldn't be useable, or you'd have to pipe the output of all scripts > through some program/to /dev/kmsg. > > Or we just forget logging the messages from initramfs scripts. >
Either we can add a "syslog" binary, or you can:
echo '<3>The dohickey is fscked' > /dev/kmsg
-hpa
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