Re: [PATCH] reduce syslog clutter (take 2)

[Andrew Morton]

"Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Feb 21 00:12:13 gx110 kernel: gigaset: ISDN_CMD_SETL3: invalid protocol 42
>  >
>  > do not provide any useful information for that clientele. They just push
> 
>  The filename may not be useful to the user, but the instant the user decides to
>  submit a bugreport to LKML or elsewhere it becomes useful.

But OTOH, there's a difference between messages-to-developers (usually "the
code went wrong") and messages-to-users (hopefully usually "the hardware
went wrong" or "you went wrong").

So I guess the change is a good one for end-user informational messages. 
And end-users are the party who should be served, more than developers.
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