linux-kernel - Re: Introduce interface to report BIOS bugs (reworked, FW

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Message-ID: <20080830131547.GB7862@ucw.cz>
Date:	Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:15:48 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>
Cc:	ak@...ux.intel.com, bjorn.helgaas@...com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, ckornacker@...e.de
Subject: Re: Introduce interface to report BIOS bugs (reworked, FW_BUG simple solution)

On Wed 2008-08-27 15:27:08, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> Even simplier, using FW_BUG define. I agree that the first implementation
> was over-designed, I somehow liked the printk_fw_err() and printk_fw_info()
> more, looked somehow more consistent with:
> 
> #define pr_info(fmt, arg...) \
>         printk(KERN_INFO fmt, ##arg)
> (and others).
> 
> Hmm, it shouldn't really matter.
> I wonder whether it works out that messages are hidden to the ordinary
> user with printk(KERN_INFO FW_BUG...).
> Something that vendors get an idea that they should not do this, but
> hiding it on a normally booted system is needed (but e.g. show it on a
> linuxfirmwarekit booted kernel).
> 
> printk(KERN_DEBUG FW_BUG...)
> Won't work because there you get too much output?
> Are these patches sufficient to achieve above?
> 
>       Thomas
> 
> PS: Forgot to add Pavel to CC who also commented on previous patches,
> it's work to do it right now, I expect you read this anyway.

Pavel listens, but sees no patch on either this or followup mail.

								Pavel

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