linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thinkpad_acpi.c: Remove #define TPACPI

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Message-ID: <20091227002935.GC26593@khazad-dum.debian.net>
Date:	Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:29:35 -0200
From:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <ibm-acpi@....eng.br>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	ibm-acpi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thinkpad_acpi.c: Remove #define TPACPI_<level>s for
 printks

On Fri, 25 Dec 2009, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 02:20 -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > Why would I want a parameter macro instead of a straightforward bunch of
> > #defines ?
> 
> To make grep a bit easier.

Is greping for KERN_<priority> common?

Unfolding the printk messages to a single line _is_ useful for grep, though,
and I plan to do just that (not high priority, though), and I would accept
patches that do just that without any fuss :)

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh
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