Re: [PATCH v2] vt: add init_hide parameter to suppress boot output

2013-02-21 Thread Andy Ross
I know I said the last words were my last, but this message and Pavel's gave me some vain hope that I might be able to win this one on the merits, so I'm trying again just to make the situation clear: On 02/20/2013 05:12 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: I don't see why this is even needed for surfa

Re: [PATCH v2] vt: add init_hide parameter to suppress boot output

2013-02-20 Thread Andy Ross
On 02/20/2013 12:57 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: I'm sure something creative can be done with fake init that shuts the console up then execs previous init. No need to add more kernel knobs, I'd say. Fair enough, but some last words: That's argument is the "it's about logging" hypothesis again. Eve

Re: [PATCH v3] vt: add init_hide parameter to suppress boot output

2013-02-20 Thread Andy Ross
When vt.init_hide is set, suppress output on newly created consoles until an affirmative switch to that console. This prevents boot output from displaying (and clobbering splash screens, etc...) without disabling the console entirely. Signed-off-by: Andy Ross Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov

Re: [PATCH v2] vt: add init_hide parameter to suppress boot output

2013-02-20 Thread Andy Ross
On 02/19/2013 08:45 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 08:04:05PM -0800, Andy Ross wrote: > > There's a (sort of) similar commonly-used option, vga=current, which > > prevents a mode switch for the special case of VGA/vesa. But that > > doesn&#

Re: [PATCH v2] vt: add init_hide parameter to suppress boot output

2013-02-19 Thread Andy Ross
On 02/19/2013 05:45 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: When vt.init_hide is set, suppress output on newly created consoles until an affirmative switched to that console. This prevents boot output from displaying (and clobbering splash screens, etc...) without disabling the console entirely. What's