Re: [patch] kernel events layer

Chris Wedgwood
2004-07-24T05:15:56Z

On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 10:14:57PM -0400, Robert Love wrote:

> Predicting the future is hard, but I suspect this number to be
> small. Let's say 10 in core kernel code?

Seems fair.

> If this takes off as a solution for error reporting, that number
> will be much larger in drivers.

This part worries me a lot. I would alsmost rather all possible
messages get stuck somewhere common so driver writes can't add these
ad-hoc and we can avoid a proliferation of either similar or pointless
messages.

Forcing these into a common place lets people eyeball if a new
messages really is necessary --- and it makes writing applications to
deal with these things easier (since you don't have to scan the entire
kernel tree).

--cw