RFC: Hiding per-CPU kernel output behind bootverbose

Colin Percival cperciva at tarsnap.com
Thu Apr 19 18:06:29 UTC 2018


On large systems (e.g., EC2's x1e.32xlarge instance type, with 128 vCPUs)
the boot time console output contains a large number of lines of the forms

SMP: AP CPU #N Launched!
cpuN: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
estN: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpuN

Having 128 almost-identical lines of output doesn't seem very useful, and
it actually has a nontrivial impact on the time spent booting.

Does anyone mind if I hide these by default, having them only show up if
boot verbosity is requested?

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Colin Percival
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