From: "Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
To: Grant Erickson <gerickson@nuovations.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org,
Wolfgang Denx <wd@denx.de>, Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Add Alternative Log Buffer Support for printk Messages
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:23:33 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0811251723j7bac6964u237aa6c1228a7d89@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1227638045-12862-1-git-send-email-gerickson@nuovations.com>
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 13:34, Grant Erickson wrote:
> This merges support for the previously DENX-only kernel feature of
> specifying an alternative, "external" buffer for kernel printk
> messages and their associated metadata. In addition, this ports
> architecture support for this feature from arch/ppc to arch/powerpc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Grant Erickson <gerickson@nuovations.com>
> ---
>
> When this option is enabled, an architecture- or machine-specific log
> buffer is used for all printk messages. This allows entities such as
> boot loaders (e.g. U-Boot) to place printk-compatible messages into
> this buffer and for the kernel to coalesce them with its normal
> messages.
> <snip>
this extended info should be part of the changelog and thus above the
--- marker ...
-mike
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-26 1:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-25 18:34 [PATCH/RFC] Add Alternative Log Buffer Support for printk Messages Grant Erickson
2008-11-25 18:53 ` Matt Sealey
2008-11-25 18:55 ` Josh Boyer
2008-11-25 19:01 ` Matt Sealey
2008-11-25 19:04 ` Grant Erickson
2008-11-25 19:31 ` Matt Sealey
2008-11-25 19:51 ` Bill Gatliff
2008-11-25 20:07 ` Matt Sealey
2008-11-25 20:17 ` Grant Likely
2008-11-25 20:46 ` Matt Sealey
2008-11-25 20:19 ` Bill Gatliff
2008-11-25 20:54 ` David VomLehn
2008-11-25 21:45 ` David Brownell
2008-11-26 20:57 ` Matt Sealey
2008-11-25 20:14 ` Grant Likely
2008-11-25 21:05 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-11-26 1:23 ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2009-01-07 0:04 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-01-07 2:11 ` Grant Erickson
2009-01-07 2:11 ` Grant Erickson
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