From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 12:50:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 12:50:28 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:34832 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 12:50:28 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:54:29 +0100 From: Russell King To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, viro@math.psu.edu Subject: Re: klibc and logging Message-ID: <20020819175429.C17471@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <3D58B14A.5080500@zytor.com> <20020819142734.B17471@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <3D60F9A6.6020304@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3D60F9A6.6020304@zytor.com>; from hpa@zytor.com on Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 06:59:02AM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 06:59:02AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > I really think this is a bad idea. The kmsg device has different > properties -- for example, you're supposed to tag things with the > message importance. It really matches the syslog(3) interface better. > Also, the special case makes me nervous. Without something like this, it means that effectively the "echo" command wouldn't be useable, or you'd have to pipe the output of all scripts through some program/to /dev/kmsg. Or we just forget logging the messages from initramfs scripts. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html