x86: config option to disable info from decompression of the kernel

This patch allows the disabling of decompression messages during
x86 bootup.

Signed-off-by: Ben Collins <ben.collins@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index ac1e31ba4795..14abaa519221 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM
           obviously disasterous, but specific access can be used by people
           debugging the kernel.
 
+config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
+        bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
+        default y
+        help
+          Enables the informational output from the decompression stage
+          (e.g. bzImage) of the boot. If you disable this you will still
+          see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup.
+
 config EARLY_PRINTK
         bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED
         default y