From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anssi Hannula Subject: Re: [patch] hid: only dump report traffic with debug level 2 Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:33:16 +0200 Message-ID: <47E5892C.9010708@gmail.com> References: <47E4200D.9080904@gmail.com> <47E58129.7050607@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from pne-smtpout3-sn2.hy.skanova.net ([81.228.8.111]:45513 "EHLO pne-smtpout3-sn2.hy.skanova.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753282AbYCVWdT (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:33:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Jiri Kosina Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Sat, 22 Mar 2008, Anssi Hannula wrote: > >> Well, I think having higher debug level should mean more debugging >> output and that this logic is more important than backwards >> compatibility of a debug option, it is not like it is going to break any >> software or so. > > I agee. On the other hand, I am currently quite often telling people who > (for example) complain about non-functioning keys on some expotic keyboard > "just modprobe the hid module with debug=1, press the non-functioning key, > and send me dmesg output". This would now be different depending on the > kernel version they use, which I don't like too much. Wouldn't debug=2 work with older kernel versions as well? -- Anssi Hannula