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To: Eric Badger <eric@badgerio.us>
Subject: Re: Early use of log() does not end up in kernel msg buffer
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In message <552326A2.5000406@badgerio.us>, Eric Badger writes:

>> The reason was systems not running syslog having slow serial consoles.
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>Correct me if I've misunderstood, but that doesn't seem to matter here; 
>the proposed change adds logging to the message buffer but leaves 
>logging to the console (when no syslog is listening) unchanged.

Sorry, I must have misunderstood the question then.

I don't think I have any opinion on the log() function.


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