Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 15:06:40 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: test/review: /dev/console logging patch Message-ID: <XFMail.001217150640.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3A3D2CFD.8572F575@gorean.org>
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On 17-Dec-00 Doug Barton wrote: > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> >> This patch is for the printf(9), log(9) & /dev/console stuff. >> The result is that you can watch the output from /etc/rc in >> your /var/log/messages. > > This works spectacularly for me on a UP -current with up to date > sources. The only nit I have is that it doesn't understand lines that > don't end in a newline very well (such as echo -n, or a printf with no > \n), so it produces log output like this: > > Dec 17 13:00:24 <console.info> Master /boot/kernel/kernel: /dev/da1s1a: > Dec 17 13:00:24 <console.info> Master /boot/kernel/kernel: FILESYSTEM > CLEAN; SKIPPING CHECKS > Dec 17 13:00:24 <console.info> Master /boot/kernel/kernel: /dev/da1s1a: > Dec 17 13:00:24 <console.info> Master /boot/kernel/kernel: clean, 42202 > free > Dec 17 13:00:24 <console.info> Master /boot/kernel/kernel: (154 frags, > 5256 blocks, 0.2% fragmentation) > > and > > Dec 17 13:00:26 <console.info> Master /boot/kernel/kernel: Doing > additional network setup: > Dec 17 13:00:26 <console.info> Master /boot/kernel/kernel: ntpdate > Dec 17 13:00:26 <console.info> Master /boot/kernel/kernel: ntpd > Dec 17 13:00:27 <console.info> Master /boot/kernel/kernel: portmap > Dec 17 13:00:27 <console.info> Master /boot/kernel/kernel: . > > Now, the first isn't a big deal, but the second is a little confusing. > Would there be any harm to changing the dots to something more > meaningful, like "Done with additional network setup" on its own line? I > seriously considered that when I was working on the echo's last night, > but I didn't want to be too revolutionary. :) The '.'s are simple and not too cluttery. Fixing the console to line buffer what it sends to log(9) is a better fix, IMO. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.Baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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