# Re: \[PATCH v3\] fbcon: Silence fbcon logo on 'quiet' boots

- From: Sergey Senozhatsky \<hidden\>
- Date: 2019-01-07 10:09:46 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2019/01/9153073
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2018/10/9148936/t.md

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On (12/20/18 17:31), Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
[..]
> > +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> > @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ int console_printk[4] = {
> >  	CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_MIN,		/* minimum_console_loglevel */
> >  	CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT,	/* default_console_loglevel */
> >  };
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_printk);
> 
> You need printk Maintainers Ack on it.

I would prefer this to be in a separate patch, probably.

Exporting (I think EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL would be better) console_printk[4]
seems to be the simplest solution.

Alternatively, we can have a new fbcon function which would be called
from quiet_kernel() and would set logo_shown accordingly.

	-ss
```