Re: One should be patient with root.bin and modules.dep
On Sun Jan 06, 2002 at 02:58:53PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net> writes:
>
> > When using the latest root.bin that I could find (18-dec-2001) the
> > screen get flooded with messages about modprobe not being able to read
> > the modules.dep. Altough it is able to recover and continue the
> > installation process one should be patient in order for this to happen.
>
> Well, you're english is a little bit shakey, but I know the issue you
> are taking about. These messages IIRC are caused by kmod (the kernel
> module loader) not being happy. We try to force it to shut up and
> work-around but ... anyhow, it's either something we can fix by
> messing around in root.bin, or it's a limitation in kmod.
How about adding this to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/main.c
- /* Downgrade kernel verbosity */
- klogctl(8, NULL, 4);
+ /* Don't let the kernel printk stuff to the console. */
+ klogctl(6, NULL, 0);
-Erik
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