Re: [PATCH] of: Custom printk format specifier for device node

[Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com>]

Hi Joe,

> On Jan 20, 2015, at 19:59 , Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2015-01-20 at 16:52 +0200, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
>> Hi Rob,
>> 
>>> On Jan 20, 2015, at 16:47 , Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Pantelis Antoniou
>>> <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> wrote:
>>>> 90% of the usage of device node's full_name is printing it out
>>>> in a kernel message. Preparing for the eventual delayed allocation
>>>> introduce a custom printk format specifier that is both more
>>>> compact and more pleasant to the eye.
> []
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
> []
>>>> +Device tree nodes:
>>>> +
>>>> +       %pO{,1,2}
>>> 
>>> 'O' is not very obvious, but I imagine we are somewhat limted in our
>>> choice here?
>>> 
>> 
>> All the good women are married, all the handsome men are gay, all the obvious
>> format specifiers are taken.
> 
> Not really at all.
> 
> I quite dislike '0' as the format type specifier for
> a device tree node as there's no mnemonic mapping.
> 

There’s only so many characters one can use; [DdNn] are taken. And it’s O != 0.

I am open to suggestions.

Regards

— Pantelis