From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.28]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFFFBDDE24 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:23:35 +1100 (EST) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so135130yxg.39 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:23:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0811251723j7bac6964u237aa6c1228a7d89@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:23:33 -0500 From: "Mike Frysinger" To: "Grant Erickson" Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Add Alternative Log Buffer Support for printk Messages In-Reply-To: <1227638045-12862-1-git-send-email-gerickson@nuovations.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <1227638045-12862-1-git-send-email-gerickson@nuovations.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Stefan Roese , Wolfgang Denx , linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , 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 > --- > > 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. > this extended info should be part of the changelog and thus above the --- marker ... -mike