When loading a RAM disk at boot time, the kernel prints something like this:
loading ramdisk... <5>/<5>-<5>\<5>|<5>/<5>-
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++;
}
}
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