Re: [PATCH] preset loops_per_jiffy for faster booting

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Sun Jul 11 2004 - 02:49:52 EST


On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I am no longer question presence of the code in the kernel, I just don't like
> > the message...
>
> yup, we shouldn't have the friendly message.

Just add the appropriate KERN_*, so it's not displayed by default, and people
who want it can look it up in syslog.

Or what about a sysfs entry people can cat?

The alternative is to cat /proc/cpuinfo and grab a calculcator...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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