On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 15:56 +0000, James Bottomley wrote: > What exactly is the point of a mechanical conversion from > printk(KERN_ ...) to pr_...? > > I can see the value of the pr_ macros from new code in that the > temptation to put a comma after KERN_.. for some people is irresistible > so it's an interface that's very easy to misuse, but given that we have > correct uses, why convert them? Enables easier conversion to dev_<foo> macros Allows easier prefixing via pr_fmt Puts back together unnecessarily chopped up format strings Standardization is good Just for the hell of it cheers, Joe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
