Re: [PATCH] add timing information to printk messages

[Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>]

Tony Luck wrote:
>>Here's a little patch which is useful for showing timing information for
>>kernel bootup activities.
>>
>>This patch adds a new Kconfig option under "Kernel Hacking" and a new
>>option for the kernel command line.  It also provides a script for
>>showing delta information.
> 
> 
> I'm seeing some odd output with CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y during boot.  When
> it is set to "no", I see this from "dmesg":

Thanks very much for the bug report.  I had another report from Tom Zanussi
about possibly trying to print when at the end of the string.  I think
it may be related, but in any event I'll look into it right away.

I appreciate your reporting it!
 -- Tim

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Electronics
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