On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:54:11 +0000 Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Documentation/Coding Style > > > > Chapter 13: Printing kernel messages > > > > Kernel messages do not have to be terminated with a period. > > > This piece of the document is wrong. It should also be changed. I've no > idea how such a ludicrous statement ever got into the Coding Style but I > have never seen it discussed and an archive search suggests it just > sneaked in without any kind of approval and discussion the list. > > Kernel messages are in English. Let us keep it that way. Missing > punctuation is equated by many parts of the English speaking world with > poor quality, sloppy products and low levels of education. These are not > things with which we wish to be associated IMHO. > > NAK to the patch. akpm:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc5> grep -r '[^\.]\\n"' . | wc -l 105297 akpm:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc5> grep -r '[\.]\\n"' . | wc -l 12743 For the record, I won't be taking any "add period to printk" patches. akpm:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc5> grep -r '[^\.]\\n"' net | wc -l 4978 akpm:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc5> grep -r '[\.]\\n"' net | wc -l 493 Send 'em to Dave! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
