Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762654AbXEJVma (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 May 2007 17:42:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758099AbXEJVmR (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 May 2007 17:42:17 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:60632 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758908AbXEJVmP (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 May 2007 17:42:15 -0400 Message-ID: <464391B3.7040708@garzik.org> Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 17:42:11 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Lord CC: Tejun Heo , Robert Hancock , linux-kernel , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: add human-readable error value decoding References: <46428103.3040003@shaw.ca> <4642E92D.5010509@gmail.com> <46431D19.1070308@rtr.ca> <46434AE5.8060605@garzik.org> <46438FAC.1030702@rtr.ca> In-Reply-To: <46438FAC.1030702@rtr.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.8 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 747 Lines: 23 Mark Lord wrote: > If we're compiling the messages into the kernel regardless, > then it doesn't really make much sense to NOT show all of them > on the error paths. Not true. Uncontrolled message spewage inevitably results in critical information scrolling off the screen, before a user can take a digital photo of the output... Or of users being confused by subsequent error fallout (i.e. multiple oopses reporting problem). Moderation and restraint still have roles to play... :) Jeff - 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/