[PATCH 0/9] introduction of dmesg support

[Sascha Hauer]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 05:37:58PM +0100, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> HI,
> 
> 	we currently have 2 fifo at comsole level one for input one for output
> 	we fill the output fifo before any console is registered and then
> 	empty it
> 
> 	Now we introduce a new mecanism as in the kernel dmesg
> 
> 	we will always fill the output kfifo with drivers output
> 
> 	as in barebox we have 2 world
> 
> 	device/drivers and applicaiotn (commands)
> 
> 	so for now on drivers will have to use pr_xxx and dev_xxx and
> 	application will use printf
> 
> 	dmesg will print the kfifo at any time
> 
> 	we will extend this later with more control of what the drivers output
> 	on the console or just in the fifo
> 
> 	This new eature is optionnal if dmes is disable we continue as before
> 

Generally I like the idea. Overall I think it's nice to be able to
control the verbosity during runtime.

Sascha

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