[Mageia-dev] Enable kernel log timestamps?

Thomas Backlund tmb at mageia.org
Sat Dec 3 19:26:24 CET 2011


03.12.2011 18:22, Anssi Hannula skrev:
> Hi!
>
> I propose to we configure our kernel to emit timestamps in kernel messages.
>
> + This allows quickly seeing the timing of kernel messages when using
> the "dmesg" command.
> + Allows to quickly see which msgs come from kernel when other
>    processes (like systemd) inject messages there.
> + Others are doing it AFAIK.
> - Causes longer log lines
>


I'm not sure I like to enable it by default as it also makes it a pain 
to compare 2 dmesgs as you cant do a simple diff anymore.

Whats more, it can be enabled dynamically when really needed by adding 
"printk.time=1" to the kernel command line.

I used to have it enabled in kernel-tmb during


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