> Why not just make it simple, and have a config option that appends a
> '-D<lang>' to the cflags, and then have the printk's like this:
>
> printk(KERN_DEBUG,
> #ifdef LANG1
> "Message that %s said %d in lang 1\n"
> #else /* not in LANG1 */
> #ifdef LANG2
> "Message that %s said %d in lang 2\n"
> else /* not in LANG2 */
> "Message that %s said %d in english\n"
> #endif /* LANG2 */
> #endif /* LANG1 */
> , device->name, status);
>
> That way if the printk hasn't been translated to the perticular
> language yet, the english is used, it dosn't use memory for each
> additional language, and you also don't have all that messing
> with loading, and searching through, lists of translations.
I haven't been following this thread, but just my two cents. The above
sounds crazy to me. Like, if your supporting 20+ languages (not that
unlikely either at some point) then the kernel source is going to get
massive and unreadable because anytime there's a printk you'll have to
wade through a ton of crap to get past it.
Somehow, I don't think Linus would go for this solution either, and he
would have the final say of course.
Cheers,
Chris