[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] v3: Print a message before resetting the processor

Torsten Duwe duwe at lst.de
Sat Jan 12 02:20:21 CET 2008


On Saturday 12 January 2008, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:

> BIOS_EMERG is a bit strong because every cold boot will
> trigger that code path by design.

OTOH after the new PLL values the machine _is_ unusable unless reset, right?
As I replied to Ron, this message should be prioritised as high as the highest 
other message in that area, to always note that the reset is intentional.

> Someone needs to go through all those printk() and decide which level is
> appropriate for each message.

If they're all BIOS_INFO then there's no problem :-)

> > Acked-by: Torsten Duwe <duwe at lst.de>
>
> Thanks!

Welcome.

	Torsten




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