ron minnich schrieb:

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
<c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net> wrote:

On 25.10.2008 13:05, Uwe Hermann wrote:

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 03:31:20AM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:

Uwe Hermann wrote:

Drop the 'BIOS_' prefix from all printk() log-levels.

It would be nice to have another prefix though. Maybe LOG_ ? Without
a prefix some of the names look a bit too generic.

I've though about that, but I don't see it as a big problem. Only
"DEBUG" tends to be misused in v2, but we can easily avoid that by
using DEBUG_SMBUS, DEBUG_FOOBAR #defines in v3 (if at all; all of
those custom DEBUG #defines should be printk()-loglevels anyway;
I think the reason for DEBUG in v2 is usually romcc/size relåted(?))

If we all desperately want a prefix, how about something really short,
e.g. LDEBUG, LWARN, LINFO, ... ? I'd really like to keep the printk()
lines as short as possible for readability reasons.

Can't we just keep the names as they are?

I think the majority prefer that they not change ...

Add me to that majority. I think those names are good as they are.

Please don't change such stuff just for the sake of it.

a) it really does not matter
b) don't make it longer than it is
c) keep it comprehensible.

I'm agreeing here too. changing it breaks most outstanding patches, screws up everyone that's used to BIOS_X, and I can't really see any benefit to a different name, aside from less typing, but that's what copy and paste are for ;)

-Corey