Re: [PATCH] add "notime" boot option

[Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>]

On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 12:09:38PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
 > --- linux-2622-rc2.orig/kernel/printk.c
 > +++ linux-2622-rc2/kernel/printk.c
 > @@ -458,9 +458,17 @@ static int __init printk_time_setup(char
 >  	printk_time = 1;
 >  	return 1;
 >  }
 > -
 >  __setup("time", printk_time_setup);
 >  
 > +static int __init printk_notime_setup(char *str)
 > +{
 > +	if (*str)
 > +		return 0;
 > +	printk_time = 0;
 > +	return 1;
 > +}
 > +__setup("notime", printk_notime_setup);
 > +
 >  __attribute__((weak)) unsigned long long printk_clock(void)
 >  {
 >  	return sched_clock();

Not disagreeing with the patch, but I wonder if it'd be a net win
if we had a helper that would replace the zillion instances
of "set this variable to a 0/1 depending if its prefixed with 'no'"
with 1-2 lines.

	Dave

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