re: CVS commit: src/sys/kern

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

> On Thu, 06 Oct 2011, matthew green wrote:
> >>    src/sys/kern: kern_synch.c
> >>
> >> Log Message:
> >> Print "WARNING: negative runtime; monotonic clock has gone backwards\n"
> >> using log(LOG_WARNING, ...), not just printf(...).
> >>
> >> From PR 45421 by Greg Woods.
> >
> >i object to this change.
> >
> >this is a serious error and indicates a real bug.  i think having
> >it hidden away in just the post-boot dmesg is a poor idea.
> 
> I was confused about how log(9) worked.  I have reverted the change.

thanks.

> Perhaps we could allow TOCONS to be passed as a flag to log(9).

i've thought the same thing.


.mrg.