Re: [RFC][PATCH] module: Limit line length of module prints

[Laura Abbott]

On 12/11/2015 01:39 AM, Rusty Russell wrote:
> Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > print_modules currently uses pr_cont to print all module information.
> > This has the side effect of printing lots of modules on one very long
> > line. This makes copy/pasting oopses more effort if manual wrapping is
> > required. Place a reasonable limit (80 chars) on the number of modules
> > on each line.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Does this bother anyone else or am I the only one who hates dealing
> > with the long lines of "Modules linked in"?
>
> Never bothered me, but I'm a bit odd :)  I worry more about the effect
> on machine parsing.

Yes, that was a concern I had as well, but the module list seems to get
wrapped eventually (although at a much longer length) so it seems like
if machine parsing can handle one wrap it can handle multiple wraps.
 
> Cheers,
> Rusty.

Thanks,
Laura
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