Re: [PATCH] introduce boot_printk()

["Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:31 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:15 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>>>
>>>> you still can use
>>>> pci_printk(v, KERN_PCI KERN_DEBUG "...\n");
>>>>
>>>> if vprintk is expanded to handle KERN_PCI and other tags...
>>>> or even you could use
>>>> pci_printk(v, KERN_ACPI KERN_DEBUG "...\n");
>>>>
>>> And the point of this, other than sheer verbosity?
>>
>> let every file or componet of subsystem could control the print out
>> via loglevel=pci_any_name:7
>>
>
> pci_printk(v, KERN_ACPI KERN_DEBUG "...\n");
> ^^^^          ^^^^^^^^^
>
> Not only do you have duplication, here, but inconsistency...

how about
pci_printk(v, KERN_DEBUG "...\n");

will put
<pci> <7> ...\n
in dmesg bug,

and let vprintk get rid of <pci> like <7>

is that what you want?

YH