Re: patch for common networking error messages

Janice Girouard
2003-06-16T22:37:09Z

From: David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
Date:06/16/2003 05:27 PM

And all the scripts checking for the existing messages in log files?
Screw them, right?

That's a good point. One possible suggestion would be to submit more than
one stdmsgs.h files. One a legacy file, and one that is more consistent
from message to message.. shooting for a gradual migration.

Ultimately, I think standard messages would greatly support/simplify
scripts, especially between the myriad of ethernet drivers. Each one
reports the data slightly differently, so you're error log analysis needs
to recognize 100 or so ways of being told that the link just went down.

Janice

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Subject: Re: patch for common networking error messages

From: Janice Girouard <girouard@us.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:29:15 -0500

For the sake of consistency and automatic error log analysis, it might
be

And all the scripts checking for the existing messages
in log files? Screw them, right?

This whole idea is starting to leave a very bad taste in
my mouth...