Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:32:39 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Tiny error in printk output for clocksource : a3:<6>Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed. |
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On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 08:54:15PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:36:58 +0200 Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > On Wednesday 27 September 2006 02:33, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:22:18 +0200 Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > > > > > I get this in dmesg with 2.6.18-git6 : > > > > a3:<6>Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed. > > > > > > > > Looks like some printk() somewhere is not adding \n correctly after > > > > outputting a message priority or a message priority too much is > > > > used... I've not investigated where this happens, but just wanted to > > > > report it. > > > > > > Hi, > > > How about posting (pasting) some of the message log before that? > > > > > Sure, below is the entire dmesg output from this boot of the box > > (including the line above) : > > I suppose that you have CONFIG_PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE=y ? > What happens if you change to to =n ? > > > eth0: VIA Rhine II at 0xff5fec00, 00:50:ba:f2:<6>serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > > serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 > > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice > > EDAC MC: Ver: 2.0.1 Sep 27 2006 > > TCP cubic registered > > NET: Registered protocol family 1 > > NET: Registered protocol family 17 > > Starting balanced_irq > > Using IPI Shortcut mode > > a3:<6>Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed. > > 1d, IRQ 18. > > eth0: MII PHY found at address 8, status 0x782d advertising 01e1 Link 45e1. > > I'm pretty sure that this is caused by parallel device probing. > The serio and clocksource messages are interspersed with the > eth0 (via rhine) info. Garbled. > > Greg, is this expected?
Only if one bit of code doesn't write a full line to the printk() buffer, yes that could happen.
What driver writes "a3:"? I couldn't find it anywhere in Linus's current tree.
thanks,
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