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wdenkf72da342003-10-10 10:05:42 +00001The config option CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE can be used to quiet messages
2on the console. If the option has been enabled, the output can be
3silenced by setting the environment variable "silent". The variable
4is latched into the global data at an early stage in the boot process
5so deleting it with "setenv" will not take effect until the system is
6restarted.
7
8The following actions are taken if "silent" is set at boot time:
9
10 - Until the console devices have been initialized, output has to be
11 suppressed by testing for the flag "GD_FLG_SILENT" in "gd->flags".
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13 - When the console devices have been initialized, "stdout" and
14 "stderr" are set to "nulldev", so subsequent messages are
15 suppressed automatically. Make sure to enable "nulldev" by
16 #defining CFG_DEVICE_NULLDEV in your board config file.
17
18 - When booting a linux kernel, the "bootargs" are fixed up so that
19 the argument "console=" will be in the command line, no matter how
20 it was set in "bootargs" before.