linux-kernel - RE: [patch 2/3] kmsg: Kernel message catalog script.

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:23:56 +0900
From:	"Takashi Nishiie" <t-nishiie@...css.fujitsu.com>
To:	"'Martin Schwidefsky'" <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>,
	<lf_kernel_messages@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"'Andrew Morton'" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"'Michael Holzheu'" <holzheu@...ibm.com>,
	"'Gerrit Huizenga'" <gh@...ibm.com>,
	"'Greg Kroah-Hartman'" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"'Randy Dunlap'" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	"'Jan Kara'" <jack@...e.cz>, "'Pavel Machek'" <pavel@....cz>,
	"'Sam Ravnborg'" <sam@...nborg.org>,
	"'Joe Perches'" <joe@...ches.com>,
	"'Jochen Voß'" <jochen.voss@...glemail.com>,
	"'Kunai Takashi'" <kunai@...ux-foundation.jp>,
	"'Tim Bird'" <tim.bird@...sony.com>
Subject: RE: [patch 2/3] kmsg: Kernel message catalog script.

> 
> /*?
>  * Tag: <component>.<id>
>  * Text: "<kmsg message text>"
>  * Severity: <severity>
>  * Parameter:
>  *   @1: <description of the first message parameter>
>  *   @2: <description of the second message parameter>
>  *   ...
>  * Description:
>  * <What is the kmsg message all about>
>  * User action:
>  * <What can the user do to fix the problem>  */
> 
> The script looks for a kmsg comment for a kmsg printk at three places, 
> the source file where the kmsg call is located, in the architecture 
> dependent file Documentation/kmsg/$ARCH/<component> and in the common 
> file Documentation/kmsg/<component>.
> 
> The kmsg check is invoked with "make D=1" and reads the source files 
> for all objects that are built by the current configuration and 
> searches for matching kmsg descriptions for the kmsg messages in the 
> source which have a messages id > 0. If a message description can not 
> be found the script prints a blueprint and causes a make error.
> 
> The kmsg man page creation is invoked with "make D=2" and reads the 
> source files for all built objects, looks up the message description 
> and writes a man page to $(objtree)/man.

  I think it is good to number the message. It might be gospel for 
providing with the support service for the corporation.
  However, there is a problem of the scale in numbering of not only a
specific module but also all modules to the message. (There might be 
at least 34000 relating messages or more. )

  It introduces the following Web sites as a approach that arranges 
the message on a Japanese Web site though it apologizes. 

OSS Message Pedia
http://ossmpedia.org/
(Attention: This Web site is being written in Japanese. )

Thanks

--
NISHIIE Takashi



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