Hi Barry, On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:50:22AM +0800, Barry Song wrote: [...] > diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c > index 2d607f4..0b88d6bf 100644 > --- a/kernel/printk.c > +++ b/kernel/printk.c > @@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ static u32 clear_idx; > #define LOG_ALIGN __alignof__(struct log) > #endif > #define __LOG_BUF_LEN (1 << CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT) > +static char __boot_log_buf[__LOG_BUF_LEN] __aligned(LOG_ALIGN); Since we do not use this buffer when the system is running, is there a way to release it once its content has been written to console? baruch > +static int boot_log_len; > + > static char __log_buf[__LOG_BUF_LEN] __aligned(LOG_ALIGN); > static char *log_buf = __log_buf; > static u32 log_buf_len = __LOG_BUF_LEN; > @@ -1247,6 +1250,16 @@ module_param(ignore_loglevel, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); -- http://baruch.siach.name/blog/ ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - baruch@xxxxxxxxxx - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il -