Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751474AbWEDO7o (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 May 2006 10:59:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751492AbWEDO7o (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 May 2006 10:59:44 -0400 Received: from leitseite.net ([213.239.214.51]:130 "EHLO mail.leitseite.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751474AbWEDO7n (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 May 2006 10:59:43 -0400 Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 16:59:28 +0200 (CEST) From: Nuri Jawad X-X-Sender: lkml@pc To: Dave Jones Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Remove silly messages from input layer. In-Reply-To: <20060504024404.GA17818@redhat.com> Message-ID: References: <20060504024404.GA17818@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1284 Lines: 29 On Wed, 3 May 2006, Dave Jones wrote: > The latter message seems to trigger with certain keyboard switchers > and again, does nothing but confuse people. I rather think it's showing us there was a glitch when switching. I have a mechanical switch that sometimes produces this message, and every now and then, the keyboard loses its key repeat time/rate setting. It often happens when the switch is not turned quickly or firmly enough and in such a case I had the keyboard port lock up completely a few times. I think the kernel should report such a situation. If people are "confused" by valid error messages, they can use certain proprietary operating systems that hide the ugly truth from them. What's next, removing "access beyond end of device"? I want to stay informed if my mechanical switch produces glitches. There are electronic ones that don't. It would be nice if kernel messages had a structure that allowed a verbosity setting, but until then, non-confused users want the information they can get. Regards, Nuri - 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/