Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 19:44:24 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@xs4all.nl> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: timestamping kernel messages Message-ID: <20020820174424.GA97190@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <24056.1029843322@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20020820133215.0545063d.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <24056.1029843322@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 01:35:22PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20020820133215.0545063d.Alexander@Leidinger.net>, Alexander Leidinger wr > ites: > >Hi, > > > >what do you think about using timestamps in kernel messages? > > > >Long: > >I think it would be useful to have timestamps in kernel warnings, e.g. > >(sa0:ahc0:0:1:0): tape is now frozen- use an OFFLINE, REWIND or MTEOM command to clear this state > >should be prefixed by a timestamp to be able to determine the importance > >of messages / make it easier to correlate this messages with other > >events just by looking at the console. > > I think we need to revamp the console/logging system in toto. > > I think we should have a pseudo-device for console/log use, which stores > thing in a circular buffer. Didn't do SysV something like that? > Syslogd would then retreive stuff from that buffer, somewhat like what > it does today. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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