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Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 13:15:20 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Pavel Machek wrote:
>>
>>While we're talking about printk()... is there any reason *not* to
>>rename it printf()?
> 
> I believe printf() is good idea. I put printk() into userland programs
> too many times now, and used printf() too many times from kernel.
 >

The only reason I can think of *not* to call it printf() is that you may 
want to do something for userspace testing like:

#define printk(X, Y...) fprintf(stderr, X, ## Y)

	-hpa


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