Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265413AbTFWLmf (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2003 07:42:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265479AbTFWLmf (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2003 07:42:35 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:5328 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265413AbTFWLme (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2003 07:42:34 -0400 Subject: Re: patch for common networking error messages From: Alan Cox To: "David S. Miller" Cc: girouard@us.ibm.com, stekloff@us.ibm.com, janiceg@us.ibm.com, jgarzik@pobox.com, kenistonj@us.ibm.com, lkessler@us.ibm.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List , netdev@oss.sgi.com, niv@us.ibm.com In-Reply-To: <20030622.174641.74727201.davem@redhat.com> References: <20030616.155533.63022973.davem@redhat.com> <1056199013.25974.27.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030622.174641.74727201.davem@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1056369251.13529.17.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 23 Jun 2003 12:54:12 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 794 Lines: 20 On Llu, 2003-06-23 at 01:46, David S. Miller wrote: > From: Alan Cox > Date: 21 Jun 2003 13:36:54 +0100 > > Standardising strings is a real help for end users, > > I agree. But my objections are in the context of doing this > inside the kernel, where such things do not belong. Standardising strings for end users in the kernel is also good because it both saves space and makes things more consistent for the poor human wondering what blew up. Standardising them for programs to parse is not a good idea - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/