[PATCH 15/24] powerpc: early debug forces console log level to max

[T Ziomek]

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>
> This patch makes the early debug option force the console loglevel
> to the max. The early debug option is meant to catch messages very
> early in the kernel boot process, in many cases, before the kernel
> has a chance to parse the "debug" command line argument. Thus it
> makes sense when CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG is set, to force the console
> log level to the max at boot time.
  . . .
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
> +	console_loglevel = 10;
> +#endif
> }

The change makes sense, but wouldn't it also make sense to note it in
arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug?  Otherwise it's really hard to figure out why,
after bringing up a new board, removing "debug" from the kernel cmd line
does, well, nothing.

Tom
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