Package: acpid Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hello,
The attached patch written by Thom May is used in Ubuntu to disable kernel printks during module loading if not in verbose mode. Please consider the merits of applying it. Thanks, James -- James Westby -- GPG Key ID: B577FE13 -- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0>AM - secp256r1/nistp256
Index: acpid-1.0.6/debian/acpid.init.d =================================================================== --- acpid-1.0.6.orig/debian/acpid.init.d 2007-11-02 20:45:02.000000000 +0000 +++ acpid-1.0.6/debian/acpid.init.d 2007-11-02 20:47:59.000000000 +0000 @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ # As the name says. If the kernel supports modules, it'll try to load # the ones listed in "MODULES". load_modules() { + PRINTK=`cat /proc/sys/kernel/printk` + [ "$VERBOSE" = no ] && echo "0 0 0 0" > /proc/sys/kernel/printk + LIST=`/sbin/lsmod|awk '!/Module/ {print $1}'` # Get list of available modules @@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ done log_end_msg $STATUS fi + echo "$PRINTK" > /proc/sys/kernel/printk } case "$1" in