Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:17:36 +0100 | From | Matthias-Christian Ott <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] config option for default loglevel |
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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 >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > Hi! I think this patch is useful and should be included in further Kernel releases.
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