The patch titled Subject: init: raise log level has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is init-raise-log-level.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> Subject: init: raise log level If the kernel was booted with the "quiet" boot option we have currently no chance to see why an initrd fails. Change KERN_WARNING to KERN_ERR to see what is going on. Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- init/main.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN init/main.c~init-raise-log-level init/main.c --- a/init/main.c~init-raise-log-level +++ a/init/main.c @@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unuse if (ramdisk_execute_command) { if (!run_init_process(ramdisk_execute_command)) return 0; - printk(KERN_WARNING "Failed to execute %s\n", + printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to execute %s\n", ramdisk_execute_command); } @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unuse if (execute_command) { if (!run_init_process(execute_command)) return 0; - printk(KERN_WARNING "Failed to execute %s. Attempting " + printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to execute %s. Attempting " "defaults...\n", execute_command); } if (!run_init_process("/sbin/init") || @@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ static noinline void __init kernel_init_ /* Open the /dev/console on the rootfs, this should never fail */ if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0) - printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n"); + printk(KERN_ERR "Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n"); (void) sys_dup(0); (void) sys_dup(0); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from richard@xxxxxx are linux-next.patch mm-introduce-free_highmem_page-helper-to-free-highmem-pages-into-buddy-system.patch mm-um-use-free_highmem_page-to-free-highmem-pages-into-buddy-system.patch early_printk-consolidate-random-copies-of-identical-code.patch early_printk-consolidate-random-copies-of-identical-code-v3.patch init-raise-log-level.patch lib-add-lz4-compressor-module.patch crypto-add-lz4-cryptographic-api.patch crypto-add-lz4-cryptographic-api-fix.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html