From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: add human-readable error value decoding Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 17:42:11 -0400 Message-ID: <464391B3.7040708@garzik.org> References: <46428103.3040003@shaw.ca> <4642E92D.5010509@gmail.com> <46431D19.1070308@rtr.ca> <46434AE5.8060605@garzik.org> <46438FAC.1030702@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:60632 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758908AbXEJVmP (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 May 2007 17:42:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: <46438FAC.1030702@rtr.ca> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Lord Cc: Tejun Heo , Robert Hancock , linux-kernel , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Mark Lord wrote: > If we're compiling the messages into the kernel regardless, > then it doesn't really make much sense to NOT show all of them > on the error paths. Not true. Uncontrolled message spewage inevitably results in critical information scrolling off the screen, before a user can take a digital photo of the output... Or of users being confused by subsequent error fallout (i.e. multiple oopses reporting problem). Moderation and restraint still have roles to play... :) Jeff