Re: Profanity in the Linux Kernel?!?!?

Wakko Warner (wakko@animx.eu.org)
Wed, 9 Jun 1999 12:37:57 -0400


> >This topic came up several times before, and the result is that
> >arbitrary censorship of code/comments is not going to happen. The
> >only exception is in kernel messages which can reach the user in the
> >message logs, and those have been cleaned up.
>
> Not that I care.. but.. :
>
> ./net/core/profile.c: printk(KERN_CRIT "Yep, guys... our template
> for proc_*_read is crappy :-)\n");
> ./drivers/net/sdladrv.c: printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Damn...
> Adapter won't start!\n",
> ./drivers/isdn/isdn_common.c: printk(KERN_ERR
> "isdn_common: isdn_poll 1 -> what the hell\n");
> ./drivers/isdn/isdn_common.c: printk(KERN_ERR "isdn_common: isdn_poll 2
> -> what the hell\n");
> ./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: printk("SHIT[%s:%d]: "
> ./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: printk("SHIT[%s:%d]: "
> ./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: printk("instruction_access_exception: Shit
> SFSR[%016lx] SFAR[%016lx], going.\n",
> ./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: printk("data_access_exception: Shit
> SFSR[%016lx] SFAR[%016lx], going.\n",

Proposed config option:
CONFIG_ENABLE_PROFANITY
=)

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