diff -ur dist/linux-2.0/kernel/printk.c linux-2.0/kernel/printk.c
--- dist/linux-2.0/kernel/printk.c	Sun Jun  9 23:51:25 1996
+++ linux-2.0/kernel/printk.c	Fri Jun 21 17:21:52 1996
@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@
 }
 
 
+asmlinkage void loglevel_setup (char *str, int *ints)
+{
+	if ((ints[0] == 1) && (ints[1] >= MINIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL) &&
+            (ints[1] <= 8))
+	  console_loglevel = ints[1];
+}
+
+
 asmlinkage int printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
diff -ur dist/linux-2.0/init/main.c linux-2.0/init/main.c
--- dist/linux-2.0/init/main.c	Thu Jun  6 23:11:22 1996
+++ linux-2.0/init/main.c	Fri Jun 21 16:54:40 1996
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 extern void swap_setup(char *str, int *ints);
 extern void buff_setup(char *str, int *ints);
 extern void panic_setup(char *str, int *ints);
+extern void loglevel_setup(char *str, int *ints);
 extern void bmouse_setup(char *str, int *ints);
 extern void msmouse_setup(char *str, int *ints);
 extern void lp_setup(char *str, int *ints);
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@
 	{ "swap=", swap_setup },
 	{ "buff=", buff_setup },
 	{ "panic=", panic_setup },
+	{ "loglevel=", loglevel_setup },
 	{ "no-scroll", no_scroll },
 #ifdef CONFIG_BUGi386
 	{ "no-hlt", no_halt },