Re: [PATCH] [RFC] be more verbose when probing EDD

H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-16T18:17:23Z

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