From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, viro@math.psu.edu
Subject: Re: klibc and logging
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:58:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D61239A.7030405@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20020819175429.C17471@flint.arm.linux.org.uk
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-19 16:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-13 7:12 klibc and logging H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-13 7:52 ` Erik Andersen
2002-08-13 8:04 ` Alexander Viro
2002-08-13 10:12 ` Erik Andersen
2002-08-13 10:38 ` Alexander Viro
2002-08-13 14:27 ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-08-13 18:05 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-13 9:42 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2002-08-13 17:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-13 17:54 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-08-13 17:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-13 17:55 ` Randy.Dunlap
2002-08-16 5:05 ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-08-19 13:27 ` Russell King
2002-08-19 13:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-19 16:54 ` Russell King
2002-08-19 16:58 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2002-08-19 17:25 ` Russell King
2002-08-19 17:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-19 17:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-19 19:37 ` Alan Cox
2002-08-19 19:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-20 13:22 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-08-20 14:45 ` Russell King
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