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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: "Daniel E. F. Stekloff" <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	linux-kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	cgl_discussion mailing list <cgl_discussion@osdl.org>,
	evlog mailing list <evlog-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>,
	"ipslinux (Keith Mitchell)" <ipslinux@us.ibm.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@home.transmeta.com>,
	Hien Nguyen <hien@us.ibm.com>,
	James Keniston <kenistoj@us.ibm.com>,
	Mike Sullivan <sullivam@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [evlog-dev] alternate event logging proposal
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 00:43:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021001004331.A10732@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200209241354.38013.dsteklof@us.ibm.com>

Hi!


> - Drivers should log initialization and uninitialization information for both 
> drivers and devices. Knowning when a driver is loaded or unloaded is useful 
> information. 

[snip]

> - Beware of log pollution - log only relevant information. Avoid frequently 
> recurring messages. 

You should not report *driver* initialization but only hardware one,
or you are going to overrun dmesg very fast (log pollution).

Driver version is useless -- you already know what kernel you are
booting -- right?
								Pavel
-- 
When do you have heart between your knees?

      parent reply	other threads:[~2002-10-01 22:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-24  1:54 [PATCH-RFC} 3 of 4 - New problem logging macros, plus template generation Larry Kessler
2002-09-24  2:12 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-09-24  5:47   ` Rusty Russell
2002-09-24  6:05     ` Jeff Garzik
2002-09-24  7:06       ` Rusty Russell
2002-09-24  7:23         ` Jeff Garzik
2002-09-24  7:30           ` Rusty Russell
2002-09-24 19:48             ` alternate event logging proposal Jeff Garzik
2002-09-24 19:57               ` Chris Friesen
2002-09-24 20:03                 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-09-24 20:54                   ` Tim Hockin
2002-09-24 22:32                     ` Brad Hards
2002-09-24 23:31                       ` Jeff Garzik
2002-09-24 23:37                         ` Brad Hards
2002-09-24 23:59                           ` Tim Hockin
2002-09-24 23:38                         ` Tim Hockin
2002-09-25  0:09                           ` Ben Greear
2002-09-25  0:47                             ` Tim Hockin
2002-09-25  1:14                               ` Brad Hards
2002-09-25  1:38                                 ` Tim Hockin
2002-09-24 20:09                 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-09-24 20:27                   ` [evlog-dev] " Larry Kessler
2002-09-24 20:35                     ` Jeff Garzik
2002-09-24 21:11                       ` Larry Kessler
2002-09-24 21:26                         ` Jeff Garzik
2002-09-25  0:15                           ` Larry Kessler
2002-09-24 21:27                         ` Horst von Brand
2002-09-24 21:50                           ` Larry Kessler
2002-09-25 14:44                 ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2002-09-24 20:54               ` [evlog-dev] " Daniel E. F. Stekloff
2002-09-24 21:04                 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-09-30 22:43                 ` Pavel Machek [this message]

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