diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index 37f3a65..319ff7e 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@
 	return buffer;
 }
 
+/* printk's without a loglevel use this.. */
+#define DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL CONFIG_DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL
+
+/* We show everything that is MORE important than this.. */
+#define CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_SILENT  0 /* Mum's the word */
+#define CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_MIN	 1 /* Minimum loglevel we let people use */
+#define CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_QUIET	 4 /* Shhh ..., when booted with "quiet" */
+#define CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT 7 /* anything MORE serious than KERN_DEBUG */
+#define CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEBUG	10 /* issue debug messages */
+#define CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_MOTORMOUTH 15	/* You can't shut this one up */
+
 extern int console_printk[];
 
 #define console_loglevel (console_printk[0])
@@ -39,13 +50,13 @@
 
 static inline void console_silent(void)
 {
-	console_loglevel = 0;
+	console_loglevel = CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_SILENT;
 }
 
 static inline void console_verbose(void)
 {
 	if (console_loglevel)
-		console_loglevel = 15;
+		console_loglevel = CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_MOTORMOUTH;
 }
 
 struct va_format {