Package: acpid
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hello,
The attached patch written by Thom May is used in Ubuntu to disable
kernel printks during module loading if not in verbose mode.
Please consider the merits of applying it.
Thanks,
James
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Index: acpid-1.0.6/debian/acpid.init.d
===================================================================
--- acpid-1.0.6.orig/debian/acpid.init.d 2007-11-02 20:45:02.000000000 +0000
+++ acpid-1.0.6/debian/acpid.init.d 2007-11-02 20:47:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
# As the name says. If the kernel supports modules, it'll try to load
# the ones listed in "MODULES".
load_modules() {
+ PRINTK=`cat /proc/sys/kernel/printk`
+ [ "$VERBOSE" = no ] && echo "0 0 0 0" > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
+
LIST=`/sbin/lsmod|awk '!/Module/ {print $1}'`
# Get list of available modules
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@
done
log_end_msg $STATUS
fi
+ echo "$PRINTK" > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
}
case "$1" in
