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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: devzero@web.de
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matt.Domsch@dell.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] be more verbose when probing EDD
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:17:02 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47656B9E.3040405@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49015158@web.de>

devzero@web.de wrote:
>         /* Query EDD information */
>  #if defined(CONFIG_EDD) || defined(CONFIG_EDD_MODULE)
> -       query_edd();
> +        printf("Probing EDD (query Bios for boot-device information)\n");
> +        printf("If boot hangs here, you may have a buggy Bios. Try edd=skipmbr or edd=off");
> +        query_edd();
> +        printf("\rOK                                                                       \n");
>  #endif

This is awfully verbose.

I'd prefer something like:

printf("Probing EDD BIOS... ");
query_edd();
printf("ok\n");

[or even "failed"...]

Also, you really should look for the "quiet" command-line option and 
squelch the message.

	-hpa

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-12-16 18:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-16 15:34 [PATCH] [RFC] be more verbose when probing EDD devzero
2007-12-16 17:34 ` Parag Warudkar
2007-12-16 18:17 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2007-12-22  1:15   ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-22  1:48     ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-22  1:57       ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-22  2:22         ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-22  2:41           ` Andi Kleen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-12-16 19:11 devzero
2007-12-16 19:59 ` Parag Warudkar
2007-12-16 20:18   ` Alan Cox
2007-12-17 23:25     ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-12-17 23:27       ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-18  0:10       ` Alan Cox
2007-12-18  0:22         ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-16 19:19 devzero
2007-12-16 21:04 devzero
2007-12-16 21:01 ` Alan Cox

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