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Date:      Mon, 2 May 2016 11:05:12 -0600
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        =?utf-8?Q?Trond_Endrest=C3=B8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no>
Cc:        FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: devd(8) complains loudly when DVD player is empty, possibly due to r298134
Message-ID:  <235ECF44-DB1E-44B0-AA58-8380FE09068A@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1605011659490.62240@mail.fig.ol.no>
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> On May 1, 2016, at 9:07 AM, Trond Endrestøl <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:46-0400, Scott Long wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the report.  I might be mistaken, but the default system 
>> is not configured to direct devd messages to user.info, so I didn’t 
>> see this during my development.  However, what you’re reporting is 
>> definitely annoying, so Warner Losh and I are working on a solution.
>> 
>> Scott
> 
> I solved the problem by running devd with -q, i.e. devd_flags="-q" in 
> /etc/rc.conf. This should probably be the default anyway.
> 
> All of my systems (stable/10) have custom logging where each facility 
> has its own file. Also *.*;mark.* is sent to /dev/ttyvb and to the 
> central log host. /dev/ttyvb was pretty busy on the log host.
> 
> Making devd less chatty does have its merits.
> The next servers I buy will probably exclude a DVD player.
> 
> Happy hacking.

Hi Trond,

Thanks for the follow-up.  I still plan to fix the drivers so they don’t generate unwanted noise, whether or not its recorded in devd.

Scott




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