On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 03:02:57 -0800 Andrew Morton wrote: > Tilman Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The current versions of the err() / info() / warn() syslog macros > > insert __FILE__ at the beginning of the message, which expands to > > the complete path name of the source file within the kernel tree. > > > > With the following patch, when used in a module, they'll insert the > > module name instead, which is significantly shorter and also tends to > > be more useful to users trying to make sense of a particular message. > > Personally, I prefer to see filenames. Or function names. Sometimes it's > rather unobvious how to go from module name to filename, due to a) multiple > .o files being linked together, b) subsystems which insist on #including .c > files in .c files (usb...) and c) the module system's cute habit of > replacing underscores with dashes in module names.
True, just using module->name or whatever means that we would (often?) have to do a lookup to see what source file it was in. --- ~Randy ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
