Re: PROBLEM: CONFIG_DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL option seems not to work

Randy Dunlap
2013-03-16T04:54:33Z

On 03/15/13 14:56, Manolo Díaz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It seems that the kernel loglevel is set to 7 ignoring the
> CONFIG_DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL option (set to 4 in my config file)
>
> The /proc/sys/kernel/printk output is
>
> 7 4 1 7
>
> Passing the boot parameter "loglevel=4" or echoing "4 4 1 7"
> to /proc/sys/kernel/printk solves my problem and then this proc file
> contains
>
> 4 4 1 7
>
> as expected.
>
> kernel version:
> Linux version 3.8.3 (root@alcyone) (gcc version 4.7.2 (Debian 4.7.2-5)
> ) #2 SMP Fri Mar 15 08:23:50 CET 2013
>
> config file is gziped and attached.

Hi,

CONFIG_DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL modifies the second field (value) in /proc/sys/kernel/printk,
not the first value. OTOH, the "loglevel" kernel parameter modifies the first value in
that /proc file, not the second value.

Does that clarify/help?

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~Randy