* DMI deactivated - why? @ 2001-04-30 6:08 ` Michael Reinelt 2001-04-30 7:08 ` Jack Bowling 2001-04-30 16:27 ` Alan Cox 0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Michael Reinelt @ 2001-04-30 6:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Hi there, I found a quite interesting file: arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c It should print some DMI values at boot. As far as I remember, I've seen these at times of 2.4.0 or so. Now these outputs are deactivated with a #define dmi_printk(x) Can someone explain why this has been deactivated? I would find these values quite useful! TIA, Michael -- netWorks Vox: +43 316 692396 Michael Reinelt Fax: +43 316 692343 Geisslergasse 4 GSM: +43 676 3079941 A-8045 Graz, Austria e-mail: reinelt@eunet.at ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: DMI deactivated - why? 2001-04-30 6:08 ` DMI deactivated - why? Michael Reinelt @ 2001-04-30 7:08 ` Jack Bowling 2001-04-30 16:27 ` Alan Cox 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Jack Bowling @ 2001-04-30 7:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-kernel > On 30 Apr 2001 08:08:45 +0200, Michael Reinelt wrote: > > <snip> > > Can someone explain why this has been deactivated? I would find these > > values quite useful! Shouldn't that be "un"activated? (Sorry...couldn't resist). Jack ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: DMI deactivated - why? 2001-04-30 6:08 ` DMI deactivated - why? Michael Reinelt 2001-04-30 7:08 ` Jack Bowling @ 2001-04-30 16:27 ` Alan Cox 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Alan Cox @ 2001-04-30 16:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Michael Reinelt; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List > It should print some DMI values at boot. As far as I remember, I've seen > these at times of 2.4.0 or so. Now these outputs are deactivated with a > #define dmi_printk(x) > > Can someone explain why this has been deactivated? I would find these > values quite useful! They take up a lot of boot log space and you can recover them later. Take a look at dmiscan.c on ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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