RE: [PATCH] ACPI / EC: Remove non-standard log emphasis

[Scot Doyle <lkml14@scotdoyle.com>]

On Wed, 25 Feb 2015, Zheng, Lv wrote:
...
> > I was using "+++++"/"#####"/"*****" to filter different EC log entries which makes debugging easier.
> > And, if we changed this from pr_info into pr_debug, then we will have nothing in the suspend/resume logs for the EC device.
> > While there are plenty of such log entries for each of other devices.
> > So I really doubt what's the meaning of such a change.
> > Could it improve anything or just make debugging more difficult for developers?
> 
> IMO, it's better to introduce such kind of code in the head of ec.c:
> 
> #ifdef DEBUG_FILTER
> #define EC_LOG_DEV "+++++"
> #define EC_LOG_CMD "*****"
> #define EC_LOG_EVT "#####"
> ...
> #else
> #define EC_LOG_DEV
> #define EC_LOG_CMD
> #define EC_LOG_EVT
> #endif
> 
> And wrap the pr_info, pr_debug using filter enabled new macros - ec_info, ec_debug so that we won't see the filters in the normal dmesg output and the filters are still available for the developers.
> 
> Thanks and best regards
> -Lv

I agree, would you be willing to submit it?