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The config option CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE can be used to quiet messages
on the console.  If the option has been enabled, the output can be
silenced by setting the environment variable "silent".  The variable
is latched into the global data at an early stage in the boot process
so deleting it with "setenv" will not take effect until the system is
restarted.

The following actions are taken if "silent" is set at boot time:

 - Until the console devices have been initialized, output has to be
   suppressed by testing for the flag "GD_FLG_SILENT" in "gd->flags".
   Currently only the messages for the TRAB board are handled in this
   way.

 - When the console devices have been initialized, "stdout" and
   "stderr" are set to "nulldev", so subsequent messages are
   suppressed automatically. Make sure to enable "nulldev" by
   #defining CFG_DEVICE_NULLDEV in your board config file.

 - When booting a linux kernel, the "bootargs" are fixed up so that
   the argument "console=" will be in the command line, no matter how
   it was set in "bootargs" before.
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	2	on the console. If the option has been enabled, the output can be
	3	silenced by setting the environment variable "silent". The variable
	4	is latched into the global data at an early stage in the boot process
	5	so deleting it with "setenv" will not take effect until the system is
	6	restarted.
	7
	8	The 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".
	12	Currently only the messages for the TRAB board are handled in this
	13	way.
	14
	15	- When the console devices have been initialized, "stdout" and
	16	"stderr" are set to "nulldev", so subsequent messages are
	17	suppressed automatically. Make sure to enable "nulldev" by
	18	#defining CFG_DEVICE_NULLDEV in your board config file.
	19
	20	- When booting a linux kernel, the "bootargs" are fixed up so that
	21	the argument "console=" will be in the command line, no matter how
	22	it was set in "bootargs" before.