Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:27:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:27:22 -0400 Received: from to-velocet.redhat.com ([216.138.202.10]:34040 "EHLO touchme.toronto.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:27:21 -0400 Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:31:56 -0400 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Daniel Phillips Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Large block device patch, part 1 of 9 Message-ID: <20020904213156.A6367@redhat.com> References: <825516963@toto.iv> <15734.37217.686498.162782@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> <20020904200424.O1394@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from phillips@arcor.de on Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 02:38:58AM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 923 Lines: 19 On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 02:38:58AM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote: > The thing is, I don't see why we should be building castles and cathedrals > around printk. Just cast to the wider value, if you get it wrong you have > lost exactly what? Are people feeding the output of dmesg into scripts > that their systems depend upon? If so, we need to let evolution do its > work. Why do it the broken way when you can do it a non-broken way? Arguing in favour of having it broken by design isn't something I really understand. Anyways, I'll refrain from posting any further comments on this thread. -ben -- "You will be reincarnated as a toad; and you will be much happier." - 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/