In message <Pine.SV4.3.96.1000122113149.17095C-100000@scofolks.ocston.org>,
Tig
ran Aivazian writes:
+-----
| > Why do we have printk anyway? It serves the same purpose as printf and
| > is even tagged as `taking arguments like printf' for gcc's type-checking
| > benefit.
|
| It is actually subtly different (the <N> priority thing) which I always
| thought was the reason why printk() is not called printf(). It is not
+--->8
printk() predates support for priorities in kernel messages. I vaguely
recall it being related to "don't link libc into the kernel", but don't
quote me on that.
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