From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EFB6F279 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:49:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from userp1040.oracle.com (userp1040.oracle.com [156.151.31.81]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7D2AFE9 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:49:55 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <55BBB53D.9020501@oracle.com> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:49:49 -0400 From: Sasha Levin MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Bottomley , Greg KH References: <55BAE39F.9060705@oracle.com> <20150731165915.GA4995@roeck-us.net> <20150731170825.GA2721@kroah.com> <1438363601.2179.49.camel@HansenPartnership.com> In-Reply-To: <1438363601.2179.49.camel@HansenPartnership.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] Self nomination List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 07/31/2015 01:26 PM, James Bottomley wrote: > Other than to confuse us all over minute details, is there a reason for > this difference to exist? I realise right at the moment dev_dbg can be > configured off by a variety of symbols and dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG) can't, > conversely dev_printk doesn't pick up the location information and > dev_dbg does, but there's no reason all that couldn't be harmonised so > we didn't have to have arguments about which to use (and endless patches > switching from one to the other)? I suppose it's a good sub-topic: deciding which one of the 3.5 methods to print debug information we should be using across the kernel and remove the other 2.5. Thanks, Sasha