Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762446AbXIUTIg (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:08:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761004AbXIUTI0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:08:26 -0400 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.231]:17368 "EHLO wr-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760950AbXIUTIZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:08:25 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:from; b=XTjAk3/dVQFc/k8xUJCqb8NhvSbBuJd+fo+ivZ1s1yfGQbFDIzFZY4jiIaDMUKNc8k/EcdvAW6N8m0kVQMqLyUlHRtJ7K2tsd4DmapJlZE3Oc6552U/0jhiRwt5IquO4GRlhhhiSwVBKmFsjehOwqPSAfUZjRhoKi+1ejlQuIwo= Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:07:38 +0400 To: Tim Bird Cc: Rob Landley , linux-tiny@selenic.com, linux kernel , CE Linux Developers List , Michael Opdenacker Subject: Re: printk proposal - (was Linux-tiny project revival) Message-ID: <20070921190738.GB1857@martell.zuzino.mipt.ru> References: <46F1645D.9050406@am.sony.com> <200709201538.43093.rob@landley.net> <20070920195844.GA1805@martell.zuzino.mipt.ru> <46F2D695.5070500@am.sony.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46F2D695.5070500@am.sony.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Alexey Dobriyan Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 821 Lines: 18 On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 01:22:45PM -0700, Tim Bird wrote: > Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > > Given that > > a) there're plenty of printks without any KERN_* bloat, > > b) there're printks that SHOULD NOT have KERN_* bloat, > > Just to clarify, which bloat are you concerned about? > I presume source code bloat (but maybe you mean > message size bloat, or object code bloat)? Users of ignore_loglevel still has "<[0-7]>" prefixes in kernel image, yes. On source level, too -- as someone who never saw value in them, KERN_* are just needless characters, making code harder to read. - 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/