Re: [PATCH][2.6-mm] Make i386 boot not so chatty

Ed Tomlinson
2004-05-22T12:02:11Z

On May 21, 2004 02:40 am, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > This patch silences the default i386 boot by putting a lot of development
> > related printks under KERN_DEBUG loglevel, allowing the normal chatty mode
> > to be turned on by using the 'debug' kernel parameter.
>
> I think I like it chatty. Turning this stuff off by default makes kernel
> developers' lives that little bit harder.
>
> Is the `quiet' option not suitable?

I have been using linux for years with an a few dips into development. I second
Andrew's idea. I like the idea of a quiet parm _much_ more than a default quiet mode.

Ed Tomlinson