linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/6] kmsg: tagged kernel messages.

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Message-Id: <200809281209.55902.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:09:54 +1000
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	schwidefsky@...ibm.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	lf_kernel_messages@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Tim Hockin <thockin@...kin.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>, Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>,
	Rick Troth <rmt@...ita.net>, Utz Bacher <utz.bacher@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/6] kmsg: tagged kernel messages.

On Sunday 28 September 2008 09:16:40 Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 17:15 +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > It's hard for authors (eg. me) to know which level to use.  As a result,
> > levels currently seem to be chosen randomly.
> >
> > If you felt inspired to rationalize them, it would let us clean that up
> > as things moved to kmsg :)
>
> Urgs, you are after a sort of definition what the differences is between
> a warning, an error, an alert, etc is, aren't you?

And it is a sign of my admiration for your intellect that I asked you for it.  
(Does that help?)

Rusty.
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