> I have to say I've wished several times that there was a central > location for message documentation in Linux. Kernel panic? Segfault? > Modprobe diagnostics? I recompiled a kernel and started getting silly > diagnostics about a "system map" whenever I ran ps. Took me awhile to > figure out, mostly 'cause the message meaning was unobvious to the > neophyte.
(Google 8)) > The messages-and-codes manuals are one-stop-shopping for information > about messages that you don't normally see, but which beg some > explanation. We don't have one, nor I suspect the structure to create such a thing. I can see its value but it assumes a much more military mindset than the free software world has, as well as a lot fewer ISV's, even though I'm sure the quake "game over" message-and-code entry would be worth a read. Alan
