On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 18:45 +0200, Harald Hoyer wrote:
> diff --git a/modules.d/99base/init b/modules.d/99base/init
> index 701706d..b49ba21 100755
> --- a/modules.d/99base/init
> +++ b/modules.d/99base/init
> @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
>
> emergency_shell()
> {
> + exec >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console
> + getarg rdinitdebug || dmesg
Ugh, please no. If I want dmesg output in my emergency shell, I can type
'dmesg'. Doing it for me means I may push valuable information from
rdinitdebug out of my scrollback buffer before I've had a chance to
review it and write it down.
Also, this adds a dependency on dmesg to a stripped down install, which
is counter to (my) goal of a smaller initramfs over time.
> -getarg rdinitdebug && set -x
> +if getarg rdinitdebug; then
> + set -x
> +else
> + exec >/dev/kmsg 2>&1
> +fi
I'm really not happy about polluting the kernel message source with
dracut messages. I know it is convenient, but in my opinion, dmesg
should only show me kernel messages, not a mixture of kernel and
userspace.
At the very least, we need to add an indication that the message is from
dracut, not the kernel.
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