On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 08:49:55AM -0700, Tim Rightnour wrote: [...] > My problem with aprint_error in normal operation is that I can't shut it up. > I > don't consider a boot time flag a reasonable solution to that when we have a > perfectly good facility for it already. But the kernel can't always rely on userland to get the message to the admin. Say for instance you have root on NFS; the NIC is experiencing an issue of some sort. syslogd is long blocked on some stalled NFS operation. You probably want the kernel to bypass syslogd in that case. -- Quentin Garnier - cube%cubidou.net@localhost - cube%NetBSD.org@localhost "See the look on my face from staying too long in one place [...] every time the morning breaks I know I'm closer to falling" KT Tunstall, Saving My Face, Drastic Fantastic, 2007.
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