diff -Nru a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile	Thu Jan 15 05:11:38 2004
+++ b/Makefile	Thu Jan 15 05:11:38 2004
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 #
 
+# Use of syslog
+LOG= true
+
 # Set the following to `true' to make a debuggable build.
 # Leave this set to `false' for production use.
 DEBUG = false
@@ -102,6 +105,10 @@
 	CFLAGS+=-pipe
 else
 	CFLAGS+=-pipe
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(LOG)),true)
+	CFLAGS  += -DLOG
 endif
 
 # if DEBUG is enabled, then we do not strip or optimize
diff -Nru a/logging.c b/logging.c
--- a/logging.c	Thu Jan 15 05:11:37 2004
+++ b/logging.c	Thu Jan 15 05:11:37 2004
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include "udev.h"
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
+#ifdef LOG
 
 static int logging_init = 0;
 static unsigned char udev_logname[42];
diff -Nru a/namedev.c b/namedev.c
--- a/namedev.c	Thu Jan 15 05:11:38 2004
+++ b/namedev.c	Thu Jan 15 05:11:38 2004
@@ -295,12 +295,12 @@
 				/* sleep to give the kernel a chance to create the file */
 				sleep(1);
 			}
-			dbg("Timed out waiting for '%s' file, continuing on anyway...", b->file);
+			dbg("timed out waiting for '%s' file, continuing on anyway...", b->file);
 			goto exit;
 		}
 		b++;
 	}
-	dbg("Did not find bus type '%s' on list of bus_id_files, contact greg@kroah.com", sysfs_device->bus);
+	dbg("did not find bus type '%s' on list of bus_id_files, contact greg@kroah.com", sysfs_device->bus);
 exit:
 	return; /* here to prevent compiler warning... */
 }
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
 		if (sysfs_device != NULL)
 			goto device_found;
 	}
-	dbg("Timed out waiting for device symlink, continuing on anyway...");
+	dbg("timed out waiting for device symlink, continuing on anyway...");
 	
 device_found:
         /* We have another issue with just the wait above - the sysfs part of
@@ -569,10 +569,10 @@
 			if (sysfs_device->bus[0] != '\0')
 				goto bus_found;
 		}
-		dbg("Timed out waiting to find the device bus, continuing on anyway\n");
+		dbg("timed out waiting to find the device bus, continuing on anyway");
 		goto exit;
 bus_found:
-		dbg("Device %s is registered with bus %s\n",
+		dbg("device %s is registered with bus '%s'",
 				sysfs_device->name, sysfs_device->bus);
 	}
 exit:
@@ -704,7 +704,8 @@
 		}
 
 		/* Yup, this rule belongs to us! */
-		dbg("found matching rule, '%s' becomes '%s'", dev->kernel, dev->name);
+		info("configured rule in '%s' at line %i applied, '%s' becomes '%s'",
+		    udev_rules_filename, dev->config_line, dev->kernel, dev->name);
 		strfieldcpy(udev->name, dev->name);
 		strfieldcpy(udev->symlink, dev->symlink);
 		goto found;
diff -Nru a/namedev.h b/namedev.h
--- a/namedev.h	Thu Jan 15 05:11:37 2004
+++ b/namedev.h	Thu Jan 15 05:11:37 2004
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 	char name[NAME_SIZE];
 	char symlink[NAME_SIZE];
 	struct sysfs_pair sysfs_pair[MAX_SYSFS_PAIRS];
+	int config_line;
 };
 
 struct perm_device {
diff -Nru a/namedev_parse.c b/namedev_parse.c
--- a/namedev_parse.c	Thu Jan 15 05:11:37 2004
+++ b/namedev_parse.c	Thu Jan 15 05:11:37 2004
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@
 			goto error;
 		}
 
+		dev.config_line = lineno;
 		retval = add_config_dev(&dev);
 		if (retval) {
 			dbg("add_config_dev returned with error %d", retval);
diff -Nru a/udev-add.c b/udev-add.c
--- a/udev-add.c	Thu Jan 15 05:11:38 2004
+++ b/udev-add.c	Thu Jan 15 05:11:38 2004
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
 	if (strrchr(dev->name, '/'))
 		create_path(filename);
 
+	info("creating device node '%s'", filename);
 	dbg("mknod(%s, %#o, %u, %u)", filename, dev->mode, dev->major, dev->minor);
 	retval = mknod(filename, dev->mode, res);
 	if (retval)
diff -Nru a/udev-remove.c b/udev-remove.c
--- a/udev-remove.c	Thu Jan 15 05:11:37 2004
+++ b/udev-remove.c	Thu Jan 15 05:11:37 2004
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 	strncpy(filename, udev_root, sizeof(filename));
 	strncat(filename, dev->name, sizeof(filename));
 
-	dbg("unlinking node '%s'", filename);
+	info("removing device node '%s'", filename);
 	retval = unlink(filename);
 	if (retval) {
 		dbg("unlink(%s) failed with error '%s'",
diff -Nru a/udev.h b/udev.h
--- a/udev.h	Thu Jan 15 05:11:38 2004
+++ b/udev.h	Thu Jan 15 05:11:38 2004
@@ -26,8 +26,17 @@
 #include "libsysfs/libsysfs.h"
 #include <sys/param.h>
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
+#ifdef LOG
 #include <syslog.h>
+#define info(format, arg...)								\
+	do {										\
+		log_message (LOG_INFO , format , ## arg);	\
+	} while (0)
+#else
+	#define info(format, arg...) do { } while (0)
+#endif
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
 #define dbg(format, arg...)								\
 	do {										\
 		log_message (LOG_DEBUG , "%s: " format , __FUNCTION__ , ## arg);	\