Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> writes:
> static int parse_proc_cmdline_item(const char *key, const char *value) {
>
> /*
> * The systemd.log_xyz= settings are parsed by all tools, and
> * so is "debug".
> *
> * However, "quiet" is only parsed by PID 1, and only turns of
> * status output to /dev/console, but does not alter the log
> * level.
> */
>
> if (streq(key, "debug") && !value)
> log_set_max_level(LOG_DEBUG);
>
> else if (streq(key, "systemd.log_target") && value) {
>
> Why systemd does this fully knowing that other software (such as the kernel)
> already uses 'debug', while systemd already has the 'system.*' parameter
> namespace
> is left up to the reader...
A couple of links to save that reader from making futile comments:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/2/415
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76935
Bjørn
