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

[Joe Korty]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 01:13:28PM -0400, Simon Farnsworth wrote:
> 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


That certainly is the better approach.
Joe
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