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SubjectRe: [PATCH] config option for default loglevel
Matthias Kunze wrote:

>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);
>
>
>---
>Matthias Kunze
>http://elpp.foofighter.de
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Hi!
I think this patch is useful and should be included in further Kernel
releases.

Matthias-Christian Ott
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