Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:19:11 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: test/review: /dev/console logging patch Message-ID: <20001218101910.O83523@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001217150640.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 03:06:40PM -0800 References: <3A3D2CFD.8572F575@gorean.org> <XFMail.001217150640.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On 2000-Dec-17 15:06:40 -0800, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > >On 17-Dec-00 Doug Barton wrote: >> Would there be any harm to changing the dots to something more >> meaningful, like "Done with additional network setup" on its own line? > >The '.'s are simple and not too cluttery. Agreed. I think the current display looks reasonable on the console. I'd prefer to fix the logging patch, rather than clutter up the display. > Fixing the console to line buffer >what it sends to log(9) is a better fix, IMO. I'm not offering code right now, but how about using a `newline or timeout' approach? If there's a partial line and there's been no console output for some number of seconds, forward the line to log(9). Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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