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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:36:22 -0700 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> To: holzheu@...ux.vnet.ibm.com Cc: Gerrit Huizenga <gh@...ibm.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, randy.dunlap@...cle.com, gregkh@...e.de, mtk-manpages@....net, schwidefsky@...ibm.com, heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, "lf_kernel_messages@...ux-foundation.org" <lf_kernel_messages@...ux-foundation.org>, pavel@....cz Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] Documentation of kernel messages On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 15:53 +0200, holzheu wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 06:12 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 14:55 +0200, holzheu wrote: > > > Hi Gerrit, > > > > > > The common thing of your and our approach is, that we need an ID to > > > identify a message either by: > > > > > > Maybe I am missing something big, but why is an ID needed? > > The message IS the ID right? That's the only thing that is robust > > against code moving about.... > > Yes. As already discussed with Pavel, it is one option to use the format > string of the message as message ID. The disadvantage compared to > message IDs like hashes is, that format strings might be even less > unique than hashes if the hash comes from the string in the first place I have a hard time believing that. > and it's probably less convenient for searching by > operators. I'm not convinced of that... > > An operator has to issue either: > > >> info lp.4711 > or > >> info "lp0: on fire" well.... surely the messages are caught by some userspace program, right? (like syslog).. that can do the lookup and make it all conveniently lookup-able and cross-referencable etc etc.... -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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