Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:08:25 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing/enhancing kernel printf() Message-ID: <F6298D8C-E5B1-42BE-8492-E9016741895A@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20070919193150.GM79417@elvis.mu.org> References: <96A863DB-3C0B-4AD0-B0A1-3C0A89B42C75@mac.com> <20070919193150.GM79417@elvis.mu.org>
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On Sep 19, 2007, at 12:31 PM, Alfred Perlstein wrote: ... > In effect one could define a tree, akin to sysctl that provided > all these layers. ... > Effectively a description file like this: > > all > all.kern > all.kern.dev > all.kern.dev.fxp > all.kern.dev.fxp.rx > all.kern.dev.fxp.tx > .. ... > Then inside the program one would simply write: > > alfred_printf(all_kern_dev_fxp, 1, "Fxp initialized"); > > then maybe in the rx routine: > > alfred_printf(all_kern_dev_fxp_rx, 2, "Fxp got packet"); For some reason this struck a note. While this was done for debug levels and may not directly apply to generic console output and redirection, it did put a seed in my head relating to device_printf(). Nothing concrete and it may not be anything, but still :-) -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com
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