[PATCH 0/9] introduction of dmesg support
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
plagnioj at jcrosoft.com
Mon Dec 17 02:22:17 EST 2012
On 00:15 Sat 15 Dec , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> 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.
This is the plan
but as a second step
Best Regards,
J.
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