Re: [PATCH] config option for default loglevel

[Matthias-Christian Ott <matthias.christian@tiscali.de>]

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