[PATCH] delete "POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX" message

[PATCH] delete "POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX" message

[Randy.Dunlap]

// linux-266-rc3
// delete the POSIX UNIFIX conformance testing message;

There is a general desire to reduce the quantity of noisy and/or
outdated kernel boot-time messages...

Suggested by Andi Kleen.

Ulrich's (old) comments:
http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/list-archive/0107/0525.cfm

Certifying Linux (Linux Journal):
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=0131


Other comments?


diffstat:=
 init/main.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 1 deletion(-)


diff -Naurp ./init/main.c~unifix-gone ./init/main.c
--- ./init/main.c~unifix-gone	2004-04-20 15:54:30.000000000 -0700
+++ ./init/main.c	2004-05-03 14:34:59.000000000 -0700
@@ -476,7 +476,6 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void
 	proc_root_init();
 #endif
 	check_bugs();
-	printk("POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX\n");
 
 	/* 
 	 *	We count on the initial thread going ok 

Re: [PATCH] delete "POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX" message

[Tim Bird]

Randy.Dunlap wrote:

> // linux-266-rc3
> // delete the POSIX UNIFIX conformance testing message;
> 
> There is a general desire to reduce the quantity of noisy and/or
> outdated kernel boot-time messages...
 >
> Other comments?

I've always been bothered by this message.  It's meaningless
at best, incorrect at worst, and wasteful of screen
real-estate and output time on bootup.

It's a small fix, but very welcome.

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Co-Chair
CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer
Sony Electronics
E-mail: Tim.Bird@am.sony.com
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