linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/3] kmsg: Kernel message catalog macros.

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Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:50:14 -0700
From:	"Tim Hockin" <thockin@...kin.org>
To:	"Pavel Machek" <pavel@...e.cz>
Cc:	"Rusty Russell" <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"Martin Schwidefsky" <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	lf_kernel_messages@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	"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>, "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 1/3] kmsg: Kernel message catalog macros.

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> But there are a number of places that have different strings for the
>> same meaning: "Can't" vs "can't" vs "can not" vs "failed to", etc.
>
> Do you have examples?
>
> That wastes space in bzImage (and hints of duplicated code), so we may
> want to fix it anyway.

I can look for the specific examples.  I just saw the regexes we use
this week and was taken aback at how they have been loosened for these
sorts of cases.
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