> Dear Linus and Co.,
>
> When loading a RAM disk at boot time, the kernel prints something like this:
>
> loading ramdisk... <5>/<5>-<5>\<5>|<5>/<5>-
>
Strange, I haven't seen it on the console in 1.3.74...
> And so on, for several lines. The <5> is of course the logging level.
> This patch will correct the appearance of the display without hacking up
> printk().
>
> Bruce Perens
>
> *** drivers/block/rd.c.old Tue Apr 9 17:20:35 1996
> --- drivers/block/rd.c Tue Apr 9 17:26:57 1996
> ***************
> *** 483,489 ****
> outfile.f_op->write(outfile.f_inode, &outfile, buf,
> BLOCK_SIZE);
> if (!(i % 16)) {
> ! printk(KERN_NOTICE "%c\b", rotator[rotate & 0x3]);
> rotate++;
> }
> }
> --- 483,495 ----
> outfile.f_op->write(outfile.f_inode, &outfile, buf,
> BLOCK_SIZE);
> if (!(i % 16)) {
> ! /*
> ! * 9-Apr-96 Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
> ! * This prints a leading "<5>" string because of the
> ! * logging level sentinel embedded in the message. Rub
> ! * it out.
> ! */
> ! printk(KERN_NOTICE "\b\b\b%c \b\b\b", rotator[rotate & 0x3]);
> rotate++;
> }
> }
> --
> Pixar Animation Studios: Reality is not our business.
> Pixar's "Toy Story" $184.5M domestic, $66M overseas and counting.
>
>