Re: Question about "time indices" during boot process with new (>= 2.6.25) kernel images
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 10:22:33AM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote:
> Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> > since I have upgraded my linux-image package to 2.6.25, time indices
> > appear in brackets at the beginning of each kernel message line during
> > the boot process. I have never encountered these indices with previous
> > kernels (< 2.6.25).
>
> this is CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y.
>
> > Are these indices displayed intentionally?
>
> i guess this slipped in by accident as it was, up to 2.6.25, only
> enabled for snapshots on buildserver.net.
This change was announced here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2008/03/msg00265.html
So I believe it was intentional.
> > If yes, what's the advantage of displaying them? I,
> > personally, consider them ugly. ;)
>
> read kconfig for CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME. use quiet to avoid them.
>
> > Is this a new upstream feature or is it a Debian-specific change?
>
> upstream, present since ages.
>
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dann frazier
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