Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 18 Jan 1997 13:30:20 -0500 | From | Christopher Horn <> | Subject | Re: Jive -> Kernel (International Linux) |
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Bryn Paul Arnold Jones wrote:
> Why not just make it simple, and have a config option that appends a > '-D<lang>' to the cflags, and then have the printk's like this: > > printk(KERN_DEBUG, > #ifdef LANG1 > "Message that %s said %d in lang 1\n" > #else /* not in LANG1 */ > #ifdef LANG2 > "Message that %s said %d in lang 2\n" > else /* not in LANG2 */ > "Message that %s said %d in english\n" > #endif /* LANG2 */ > #endif /* LANG1 */ > , device->name, status); > > That way if the printk hasn't been translated to the perticular > language yet, the english is used, it dosn't use memory for each > additional language, and you also don't have all that messing > with loading, and searching through, lists of translations.
I haven't been following this thread, but just my two cents. The above sounds crazy to me. Like, if your supporting 20+ languages (not that unlikely either at some point) then the kernel source is going to get massive and unreadable because anytime there's a printk you'll have to wade through a ton of crap to get past it.
Somehow, I don't think Linus would go for this solution either, and he would have the final say of course.
Cheers, Chris
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