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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
To: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>,
	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@intel.com>,
	Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@suse.de>,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] ACPI: update debug parameter documentation
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:24:35 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49136EA3.7080709@xenotime.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0811061705450.3106@localhost.localdomain>

Len Brown wrote:
> 
>>> $ cat /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer
> 
>> I don't really like having the whole list in the doc either.
>> One problem with using only a pointer to the sysfs file is
>> that you have to have a booted machine with ACPI_DEBUG=y.
> 
> Good point.
> Maybe in kernel-parameters.txt we should point to
> a Documedntation/acpi/debug.txt file with this stuff in it?

I think that's a good compromise.  It should be available
somewhere other than a source or header file IMO.  I.e.,
some place in Documentation/[acpi].

~Randy


  reply	other threads:[~2008-11-06 22:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-05 23:17 [PATCH 00/11] RFC: various ACPI core cleanups Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-05 23:17 ` [PATCH 01/11] ACPI: update debug parameter documentation Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-06 20:29   ` Len Brown
2008-11-06 21:22     ` Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-06 22:15       ` Len Brown
2008-11-06 22:24         ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2008-11-05 23:17 ` [PATCH 02/11] ACPI: remove comments about debug layer/level to use Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-06 20:30   ` Len Brown
2008-11-05 23:17 ` [PATCH 03/11] ACPI: SBS: remove useless acpi_cm_sbs_init() initcall Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-06 20:31   ` Len Brown
2008-11-05 23:17 ` [PATCH 04/11] ACPI: pci_link: remove acpi_irq_balance_set() interface Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-06 20:41   ` Len Brown
2008-11-05 23:17 ` [PATCH 05/11] ACPI: remove CONFIG_ACPI_POWER Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-06 20:42   ` Len Brown
2008-11-05 23:18 ` [PATCH 06/11] ACPI: remove CONFIG_ACPI_EC Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-06 20:57   ` Len Brown
2008-11-05 23:18 ` [PATCH 07/11] ACPI: add CONFIG_ACPI_PCI Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-06 19:41   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-05 23:18 ` [PATCH 08/11] ACPI: remove ACPI dependency on PCI Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-05 23:18 ` [PATCH 09/11] ACPI: remove ACPI dependency on PM Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-05 23:18 ` [PATCH 10/11] ia64: remove automatic PM selection Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-05 23:18 ` [PATCH 11/11] ACPI: call core init functions explicitly instead of using initcalls Bjorn Helgaas
2008-11-06 22:02   ` Len Brown
2008-11-06 23:40     ` Bjorn Helgaas

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