linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.23] SysRq: print hotkey info while pressing undef key, try 2

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Message-ID: <47177079.2090201@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:40:57 +0800
From:	Yi Yang <yang.y.yi@...il.com>
To:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
CC:	akpm@...l.org, crutcher+kernel@...astacks.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mj@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	pavel@....cz, schwab@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.23] SysRq: print hotkey info while pressing undef
 key,  try 2

Frans Pop 写道:
> Yi Yang wrote:
>   
>> Hot Key    Function Description
>> =======    ====================
>>    0       Changing Loglevel to this value
>>    1       Changing Loglevel to this value
>>    2       Changing Loglevel to this value
>>    3       Changing Loglevel to this value
>>    4       Changing Loglevel to this value
>>    5       Changing Loglevel to this value
>>    6       Changing Loglevel to this value
>>    7       Changing Loglevel to this value
>>    8       Changing Loglevel to this value
>>    9       Changing Loglevel to this value
>>     
>
> Wouldn't "Change Loglevel to this value" be more consistent with other
> descriptions?
> Or maybe even "Change Kernel Loglevel to <value>"; the repeated "this
> value" seems somewhat silly.
>   
I think so, too, only one line should be enough.
>   
>>    b       Resetting
>>     
>
> This is not very descriptive. Maybe "Immediate System Reboot"?
>   
>   
>>    c       Trigger a crashdump
>>     
>
> Most descriptions are capitalized. So for consistency this should be
> "Trigger a Crashdump". (Although my personal preference would be to drop
> the capitalization for all descriptions.)
>   
>   
>>    p       Show Regs
>>     
>
> Should "Regs" be expanded to "Registers"?
>
>   
>>   r       Keyboard mode set to XLATE
>>     
>
> For consistency: "Set Keyboard Mode to XLATE"
>
> Cheers,
> Frans Pop
>
>   
These descriptions are from the callers who are from many subsystems, so
I can't change it.
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