Re: dmesg beautifying

[Chris Kuethe <chris_(_dot_)_kuethe_(_at_)_gmail_(_dot_)_com>]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:34:27 +0100, -f <f_(_at_)_obiit_(_dot_)_org> wrote:
> would it make sense to wrap the dmesg lines?

Why?

> and if not why not?

What does that win you? It makes it a bit harder too peel things out
with a regex. A dmesg line should be all about the device found. Why
scatter the information about?

> take a look at these examples.  yes, they take up a little
> bit more space, but isn't it more pleasing to the eye?
> or is it just my eye? ;-)

It's just you. There is no compelling security, reliability,
performance or correctness benefit that I can see to having excess
chatter.

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GDB has a 'break' feature; why doesn't it have 'fix' too?