Re: [PATCH] dev_printk macro

[Alan Cox]

On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 00:46, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> 
> Hi LKML,
> 
> I'm glad to see this patch available, as Greg was.
> Now I have some questions about it.
> 
> a.  Is it only for drivers?  If so, why?
>     Filesystems and other subsystems that are not drivers could use
>     something like this also.

Definitely - fs_printk, inode_printk etc may all make sense
> 
> b.  Is it only for drivers that have a device?
>     What does a driver use for dev_printk() if it doesn't have a <dev>?
>     However, these do cover the large majority of cases, so that's good.

This case isnt covered. All devices should eventually have a dev right
8)