> ep0 at isa0 port 0x300-0x30f irq 10: 3Com 3C509 Ethernet
> ep0: 8KB byte-wide FIFO, 5:3 Rx:Tx split, aui/bnc
> ep0: MAC address 00:60:8c:19:c5:6b
> 
> Would be just as readable if it was presented like:
> 
> ep0 at isa0 port 0x300-0x30f irq 10: 3Com 3C509 Ethernet
> ep0: 8KB FIFO, Rx:5k Tx:3k, aui/bnc, Mac:00:60:8c:19:c5:6b
> 
> I mean, that's still <60 characters... 

So, just to make this clear:

The real problem _isn't_ line counts, it's character counts.

people whose screens overflow can dmesg | more.

people whose message buffers run out of space before the data can be
logged by syslog (i.e. run out of space during autoconfig) are
screwed.


cgd