On Wednesday 11 February 2009 05:38:45 Peter Barada wrote:

> They are quire messy as anytime a symbolic link is removed the messages
> pop out.  Here's a simple testcase that triggers the messages:
>
> # flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/3
> # mkdir -p /mnt/fs
> # mount -t yaffs /dev/mtdblock3 /mnt/fs
> # ln -s /mnt/fs/foo /mnt/fs/bar
> # rm /mnt/fs/bar
>
> What's the best way to selectively suppress these messages (as they
> cloud the console output and will confuse users thinking their NAND is
> corrupted)?  I say "selectively" as I think it would be good to have
> these messages come out under strain testing(some flag that can be set
> in /proc/yaffs?), but for regular use hide them...

Fixing the root problem would be best :-).

I'll look at attaching this to a verification flag.

-- Charles