Hi Ingo, Neil,

I have a Linux software RAID1 array with twelve separate /dev/md* devices.

I've found all the "md:" messages upon boot fill up my kernel message buffer, to the point where
I've had to increase the size of the buffer to be able to see earlier hardware config messages
eg., for the PCI subsystem.

Looking at the boot messages, I've gone through md.c and changed a number of them to KERN_DEBUG,
and dprintk. I've selected messages that either don't mean anything to me as a normal RAID1 user,
or messages that I personally don't think add much value when the system is booting.

I've attached the patch to this email.

Alternatively, the patch can be downloaded from here :

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~markzzzsmith/quieten-md.c.diff

Please consider applying it.

BTW, a big *THANKS* for the Linux software RAID implementation. I've been very happy with it since
I started using it, almost 12 months ago.

Regards,
Mark.

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