Re: [patch] printk subsystems

Jes Sorensen (jes@wildopensource.com)
08 Apr 2003 18:02:51 -0400


>>>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> writes:

Pavel> Well, #define DEBUG in the driver seems like the way to go. I
Pavel> do not like "subsystem ID" idea, because subsystems are not
Pavel> really well defined etc.

Which doesn't solve the problem as this means the end user will have
to recompile his/her kernel to debug things. When Joe Random is
sitting with his favorite distro CD trying to install it on a brand
new motherboard doing funky things in it's ACPI routing or something
like that, it's very useful for SuSE/Red Hat/Mandrake/Debian etc. to
be able to instruct him to set this debug flag and tell them what
happens.

Cheers,
Jes
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