Re: [PATCH] printk prefix cleanups.

From: Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev@redhat.com)
Date: Tue Feb 12 2002 - 02:18:47 EST


> Here is a simple patch which reduces resultant binary size by 1.2k for
> this particular module (opl3sa2). [...]

> #define OPL3SA2_MODULE_NAME "opl3sa2"
> +#define OPL3SA2_PFX OPL3SA2_MODULE_NAME ": "
 
> - printk(KERN_ERR "opl3sa2: MSS mixer not installed?\n");
> + printk(KERN_ERR OPL3SA2_PFX "MSS mixer not installed?\n");

I do not believe that it shortens binaries. Care to quote
size(1) output and /proc/modules with and without the patch?

-- Pete
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