Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762522AbXFROCc (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:02:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762614AbXFROCQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:02:16 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:47732 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755786AbXFROCP (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:02:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:02:05 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: holzheu Cc: Jan Kara , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, randy.dunlap@oracle.com, gregkh@suse.de, mtk-manpages@gmx.net, schwidefsky@de.ibm.com, heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com, "lf_kernel_messages@linux-foundation.org" Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] Documentation of kernel messages Message-ID: <20070618140205.GH1803@elf.ucw.cz> References: <1181747217.29512.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20070613111549.db1fa4d9.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070614094128.GF17819@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20070615124034.GH9442@ucw.cz> <1182174154.11400.57.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1182174154.11400.57.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 916 Lines: 30 Hi! > > 'lp%d: on fire' -> 'your printer failed basic tests, you should check > > cabling'. > > Hmmm... What about extracting all format strings from the KMSG_DOC > macros and storing them in a file. E.g.: > > printk("lp%d: on fire"); > > /** > * message > * > * Description: > * Your printer failed basic tests, you should check cabling > ... > > KMSG_DOC(lp, "lp%d: on fire"); Yes, that was the idea. But we have already tools and standard format for this (gettext), we should just use that. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - 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/