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From: "Laramie Leavitt" <laramie.leavitt@btinternet.com>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Cosmetic JFFS patch.
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:39:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <JKEGJJAJPOLNIFPAEDHLKECBDEAA.laramie.leavitt@btinternet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010627225421.A23843@vitelus.com>

> On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 01:50:28PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > How about we drop the "printk" altogether, and make it all a comment?
>
> Can we please also drop annoying static informational printk's?
>
> > Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
> > Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
>
> The later line is not something of interest to most people, and if it
> happens to be they can research it rather than being force-fed history
> on bootup.
>
> > POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
>
> Ditto.
>
> > usb-uhci.c: v1.251 Georg Acher, Deti Fliegl, Thomas Sailer,
> Roman Weissgaerber
> > usb-uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
>
> How about "usb-uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface
> driver v1.251"
> instead?
>
> dmesg buffer space is rather limited and IMHO there isn't space to
> waste on credit-giving in boot logs.

Here here.  You don't see annoying log-eating copyright messages
printed out in the Windows boot. Just imagine:

Initializing VGA Display.  VGA Display by John Smith, John Smith, Jr.
Bill T. Gates, Paul G. Allen, Janet K. Reno.  Copyright(c) 1985 Microsoft.
Loading Microsoft ATAPI.  Microsoft ATAPI Copyright (c) 1983-2001 Microsoft.
Scanning Microsoft SCSI Layer.  Portions Copyright (c) 1992 Harold Potter.
Microsoft SCSI Layer developed in part by Seagate Corporation.
Starting Microsoft Display Device.  Display based on Microsoft VESA
Extensions.
Display layer Copyright(c) 1983-2001 Microsoft.
Loading Creative Diamond Viper V770 Display Driver.
Diamond Viper V770 Display driver Copyright(c) 1999 Diamond Multimedia.
Diamond Viper V770 Display driver based on NVIDIA TNT2 Display Driver.
NVIDIA TNT2 Copyright(c) 1998-1999 NVIDIA Corporation.
Scanning Network Devices...
WinSock 2000.  Copyright(c) 1990-2001 Microsoft.
WinSock 2000 Contributors include: John Doe, Jane Doe, Ed Smith, Herman
Melville.
Starting WinsockDirect.  Winsock Direct Copyright(c) 1999 Microsoft.
WinsockDirect supported by 3COM Corporation, Intel Corporation.
...

There would be no end to the suffering...



  reply	other threads:[~2001-06-28  9:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 92+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-06-26 12:52 Cosmetic JFFS patch David Woodhouse
2001-06-27 20:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-27 22:09   ` Alan Cox
2001-06-27 22:16     ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28  7:43       ` Patrick Dreker
2001-06-28  8:07         ` Greg KH
2001-06-28 17:05         ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28 17:14           ` Alan Cox
2001-06-28 17:51             ` Craig Milo Rogers
2001-06-28 18:06               ` Alan Cox
2001-06-29  2:30             ` Keith Owens
2001-06-28 17:18           ` David Woodhouse
2001-06-28 17:22             ` Alan Cox
2001-06-28 18:28             ` Pekka Pietikainen
2001-06-30 11:42             ` Ben Ford
2001-06-28 17:50           ` Troy Benjegerdes
2001-06-28 19:00           ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-28 19:25             ` Gerhard Mack
2001-06-28 19:31               ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-30 10:52                 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-28 19:25             ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28 19:34               ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-29  3:22             ` Ian Stirling
2001-06-29 11:27               ` Juan Quintela
2001-06-29 12:00                 ` Craig McLean
2001-06-29 19:47                   ` Hacksaw
2001-06-30 22:17           ` Adam Sampson
2001-06-28  5:54   ` Aaron Lehmann
2001-06-28  8:39     ` Laramie Leavitt [this message]
2001-06-28  9:19       ` Bjorn Wesen
2001-06-28 10:57         ` David Weinehall
2001-06-28 12:01       ` Alan Cox
2001-06-28 17:47       ` Troy Benjegerdes
2001-06-28 22:04         ` J . A . Magallon
2001-06-29  2:16           ` Hacksaw
2001-06-28 14:37     ` chuckw
2001-06-28 16:14       ` Vipin Malik
2001-06-28 16:24         ` chuckw
2001-06-28 16:25           ` David Woodhouse
2001-06-28 21:30             ` John R Lenton
2001-06-28 21:34               ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-28 21:43                 ` Olaf Hering
2001-06-28 21:46                   ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-29 19:36             ` Riley Williams
2001-06-28 16:26           ` Alan Cox
2001-06-28 17:12             ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28 17:18               ` Alan Cox
2001-06-28 17:26                 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28 17:35                   ` David Woodhouse
2001-06-28 17:56                     ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28 18:13                       ` David Woodhouse
2001-06-28 22:01                     ` Kai Henningsen
2001-06-28 17:29                 ` chuckw
2001-06-28 17:30                   ` Aaron Lehmann
2001-06-28 17:41                     ` chuckw
2001-06-28 17:58                       ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28 18:17                         ` Christoph Zens
2001-06-30  2:52                           ` Daniel Stone
2001-06-28 18:16                       ` Tommy Reynolds
2001-06-28 18:36                         ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2001-06-28 18:53                           ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-28 19:09                           ` Dan Podeanu
2001-06-28 20:18                             ` Craig Milo Rogers
2001-07-01  6:32                               ` Hua Zhong
2001-07-01  7:22                                 ` Ian Stirling
2001-06-29 13:43                           ` Holger Lubitz
2001-06-29 14:36                             ` Jordan Crouse
2001-06-29 15:09                             ` Daniel Phillips
2001-06-29 17:43                               ` Chris Boot
2001-06-29 17:26                             ` David Lang
2001-06-30 11:07                               ` szonyi calin
2001-06-29 17:19                           ` Rob Landley
2001-06-28 17:55                   ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-29  6:03                   ` Paul Mackerras
2001-06-29  6:29                     ` Cort Dougan
2001-06-29  7:44                     ` Paul Mackerras
2001-06-29  8:10                 ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-07-01 19:14             ` Anuradha Ratnaweera
2001-06-28 22:20     ` Kai Henningsen
2001-06-29 14:33       ` Chuck Wolber
2001-07-01  9:15       ` Kai Henningsen
2001-06-28  7:18   ` PATCH 2.4.6.5: fix mtd config David Woodhouse
2001-06-29  0:29 Cosmetic JFFS patch A. Melon
2001-06-29 11:01 Martin Knoblauch
2001-07-01  6:39 ` Hua Zhong
2001-07-01  7:21   ` Gregory Finch
     [not found] <993825330.30635@whiskey.enposte.net>
2001-06-29 20:13 ` Stuart Lynne
2001-06-30 20:39   ` Raja R Harinath
2001-07-02  8:38   ` Craig McLean
2001-06-30 18:26 Torrey Hoffman
2001-07-01  9:27 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-07-05 12:41 Heusden, Folkert van

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