Re: [PATCH] printk timestamp post-boot suppression, v2

From: Simon Farnsworth
Date: Wed Aug 27 2008 - 13:13:43 EST


Joe Korty wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:16:30PM -0400, Mark Brown wrote:
>> It'd be nicer if this were optional - syslog typically only logs at
>> second resolution and not all systems are going to have logfiles.
>
>
> Optionally suppress printk timestamping after system boot.
>
JOOI, what's wrong with having your init scripts contain a line like:
echo 0 > /sys/module/printk/parameters/time
?

This has the advantage that you can avoid turning the kernel's
timestamps off until you know that syslog is running and timestamp
events that it's receiving.
--
Simon Farnsworth

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