Re: [patch] Quiet boot.

Gregory Maxwell (linker@z.ml.org)
Sat, 5 Jun 1999 13:02:02 -0400 (EDT)


It would be VERY nice if you could do a quiet=n where N is message
severity, so that it could be quiet unless an error occures.

On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Justin Hahn wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've created a patch to cause the kernel to boot quietly until init
> starts (at which point, it's up to your init scripts to be
> quiet). Boot messages still go to syslog.
>
> Usage:
>
> - supply "quiet" to the command line and the kernel will boot quietly.
> - the command line "noisy" will revert to normal behavior (if, for example,
> your boot is failing and quiet is in your LILO append line).
>
> This patch is against 2.2.6, but should move real easily to other
> versions. Anyone have a reason why I shouldn't ask Linus to include
> this in the standard kernel?
>

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