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Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:45:12 -0800
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
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        Andy Ross <andy.ross@windriver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vt: add init_hide parameter to suppress boot output
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 05:53:44PM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> From: Andy Ross <andy.ross@windriver.com>
> 
> When vt.init_hide is set, suppress output on newly created consoles until
> an affirmative switched to that console.  This prevents boot output from
> displaying (and clobbering splash screens, etc...) without disabling the
> console entirely.

What's wrong with the 'quiet' option we have?  And you forgot to
document this.

greg k-h