On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 12:43:49PM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> 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

Thanks for providing the links, I did remember all that.

Its one of the many reasons why I recommend against running
systemd(isease).

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