linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acpi processor: simplify needlessly complex printk

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Date:	Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:51:33 -0700
From:	"Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
CC:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi processor: simplify needlessly complex printk

Frans Pop wrote:
> On Monday 29 June 2009, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
>    
>> Would it be better to capitalize the S and add a period at the
>> end, or does it not matter?
>>      
>
> Kernel messages are in general not sentences.
>
> I thought of removing the parenteses, but if you look at the context of
> the message then that only makes sense if other messages are modified at
> the same time. The messages below appear together for my system and their
> consistency could definitely be improved, but IMO that's better done in a
> separate patch.
>
> ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
> processor LNXCPU:00: registered as cooling_device7
> ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states)
>
>    
Cool, thanks for the info.
I found Documentation/CodingStyle
Chapter 13: Printing kernel messages
Kernel messages do not have to be terminated with a period.
(Sh^t I was going to submit some patches that made proper
some messages, and comments)
I guess I have to learn to change code, instead of messages!

Justin P. Mattock
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