1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/mdev.c b/util-linux/mdev.c
index a67baf32e..66cff6e9c 100644
--- a/util-linux/mdev.c
+++ b/util-linux/mdev.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 //kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_MDEV) += mdev.o
 
 //usage:#define mdev_trivial_usage
-//usage:       "[-S] " IF_FEATURE_MDEV_DAEMON("[") "[-s]" IF_FEATURE_MDEV_DAEMON(" | [-df]]")
+//usage:       "[-Sv] " IF_FEATURE_MDEV_DAEMON("[") "[-s]" IF_FEATURE_MDEV_DAEMON(" | [-df]]")
 //usage:#define mdev_full_usage "\n\n"
 //usage:       "mdev -s is to be run during boot to scan /sys and populate /dev.\n"
 //usage:        IF_FEATURE_MDEV_DAEMON(
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 //usage:       "\n"
 //usage:       "optional arguments:\n"
 //usage:       "        -S: Log to syslog too\n"
+//usage:       "        -v: Increase log verbosity\n"
 //usage:       "\n"
 //usage:       "Bare mdev is a kernel hotplug helper. To activate it:\n"
 //usage:       "        echo /sbin/mdev >/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug\n"
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ struct rule {
 
 struct globals {
         int root_major, root_minor;
-        smallint verbose;
+        int verbose;
         char *subsystem;
         char *subsys_env; /* for putenv("SUBSYSTEM=subsystem") */
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_MDEV_CONF
@@ -1259,7 +1260,11 @@ int mdev_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
         xchdir("/dev");
 
-        opt = getopt32(argv, "sS" IF_FEATURE_MDEV_DAEMON("df"));
+        opt = getopt32(argv, "^"
+                "sS" IF_FEATURE_MDEV_DAEMON("df") "v"
+                "\0"
+                "vv",
+                &G.verbose);
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_MDEV_CONF
         G.filename = "/etc/mdev.conf";