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

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Date:	Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:33:10 -0700
From:	"Tim Hockin" <thockin@...kin.org>
To:	"Greg KH" <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	"Joe Perches" <joe@...ches.com>, 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>,
	"Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	"Jan Kara" <jack@...e.cz>, "Pavel Machek" <pavel@....cz>,
	"Sam Ravnborg" <sam@...nborg.org>,
	"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 Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
>
> What is wrong with what we have already agreed to standardise on here
> people?  dev_printk() for devices!  It uniquely shows the device, what
> driver is bound to it (if any), the bus id, and everything else.

Part of the problem, imho, is the "if any" part.  But I am more than happy to
build on existing solutions.  All the world is not a dev, though.  I'd like to
be able to report something like an OOM kill in (roughly) the same way as an
ATA error, and I want (though could be talked out of) a way to tell these
"events" (for lack of a better word) apart from plain-old-printk()s.

Tim
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