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-rw-r--r--man/kernel-command-line.xml12
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.xml23
-rw-r--r--src/core/main.c2
4 files changed, 32 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index f8a1b1b578..7883b7e33a 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ Features:
complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
-* read the kernel's console "debug" keyword like we read "quiet" and adjust:
- systemd.log_level=debug and maybe systemd.log_target=kmsg
-
* add an option to nspawn that uses seccomp to make socket(AF_NETLINK,
SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_AUDIT) fail the the appropriate error code that
makes the audit userspace to think auditing is not available in the
diff --git a/man/kernel-command-line.xml b/man/kernel-command-line.xml
index 7ff2709fbd..db5d38a741 100644
--- a/man/kernel-command-line.xml
+++ b/man/kernel-command-line.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,18 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>debug</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Parameter understood by
+ both the kernel and the system
+ and service manager to control
+ console log verbosity. For
+ details see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><varname>emergency</varname></term>
<term><varname>single</varname></term>
<term><varname>s</varname></term>
diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml
index d009ed8e1c..497dd2bfee 100644
--- a/man/systemd.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.xml
@@ -1114,15 +1114,28 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>quiet</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>If passed turns off
+ <listitem><para>Turn off
status output at boot, much like
<varname>systemd.show_status=false</varname>
would. Note that this option is also
read by the kernel itself and disables
- kernel log output to the
- kernel. Passing this option hence
- turns off the usual output from both
- the system manager and the
+ kernel log output. Passing this option
+ hence turns off the usual output from
+ both the system manager and the kernel.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>debug</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Turn on debugging
+ output. This is equivalent to
+ <varname>systemd.log_level=debug</varname>.
+ Note that this option is also read by
+ the kernel itself and enables kernel
+ debug output. Passing this option
+ hence turns on the debug output from
+ both the system manager and the
kernel.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index bf1e3e8ffa..bb7364054e 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ static int parse_proc_cmdline_word(const char *word) {
} else if (streq(word, "quiet"))
arg_show_status = false;
+ else if (streq(word, "debug"))
+ log_set_max_level(LOG_DEBUG);
else if (!in_initrd()) {
unsigned i;