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

Michael B. Trausch (mtrausch@wcnet.org)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:19:41 -0400 (EDT)


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On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
>
> FYI, the usual "blue screen" is:
>
> Microsoft (R) Windows NT (TN) Version 4.0 (Build 1381: Service Pack 3).
> *** STOP: 0x00000078 (0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00000000)
> PHASE0EXCEPTION
>
> CPUID:GenuineIntel 6.5.2 irql:1 SYSVER 0xf0000565
>
> This sure tells one hell of a lot. I'd much rather have:
>
> "qlogicfc.c: got a null value out of handle_ptrs, this sucks", actual
> error message from a Linux SCSI driver.
>

I'd rather the second message too. Who wants to try to figure out what
the addy's in Windows' typical shit is? Rather, who wants to DIG through
Windows' typical shit?

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