Re: Profanity in the Linux Kernel?!?!?

Wakko Warner (wakko@animx.eu.org)
Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:32:16 -0400

> Who cares! Profanity is like sex, death, and taxes -- it's a part of life.
> Don't you guys have something more constructive to focus on, like getting
> real work done to make Linux better? If folks don't like it, then they
> should join Jerry Falwell's Radio Preacher "moral majority" club or
> something. As swamped as I am with Linux work, I'm surprised folks out
> there have enough idel time on their hands to banter this type of stuff.

I was reading this during lunch which gave me a good laugh... Besides, I
was being sarcastic... Maybe you should lighten up!

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
> To: Barrett G. Lyon <blyon@netpr.com>; <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 10:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Profanity in the Linux Kernel?!?!?
>
>
> > > >This topic came up several times before, and the result is that
> > > >arbitrary censorship of code/comments is not going to happen. The
> > > >only exception is in kernel messages which can reach the user in the
> > > >message logs, and those have been cleaned up.
> > >
> > > Not that I care.. but.. :
> > >
> > > ./net/core/profile.c: printk(KERN_CRIT "Yep, guys... our
> template
> > > for proc_*_read is crappy :-)\n");
> > > ./drivers/net/sdladrv.c: printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Damn...
> > > Adapter won't start!\n",
> > > ./drivers/isdn/isdn_common.c: printk(KERN_ERR
> > > "isdn_common: isdn_poll 1 -> what the hell\n");
> > > ./drivers/isdn/isdn_common.c: printk(KERN_ERR "isdn_common: isdn_poll
> 2
> > > -> what the hell\n");
> > > ./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: printk("SHIT[%s:%d]: "
> > > ./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: printk("SHIT[%s:%d]: "
> > > ./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: printk("instruction_access_exception:
> Shit
> > > SFSR[%016lx] SFAR[%016lx], going.\n",
> > > ./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: printk("data_access_exception:
> Shit
> > > SFSR[%016lx] SFAR[%016lx], going.\n",
> >
> > Proposed config option:
> > CONFIG_ENABLE_PROFANITY
> > =)
> >
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