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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Subject: Re: [NET_NEXT RFC PATCH 1/3] ixgbe: add debugfs support
Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 16:10:29 -0700
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On Wed, 09 May 2012 16:09:40 -0700
Catherine Sullivan <catherine.sullivan@intel.com> wrote:

> This patch adds debugfs support to the ixgbe driver to give
> users the ability to access kernel information and to
> simulate kernel events.
> 
> The filesystem is set up in the following driver/PCI-instance
> hierarchy:
> <debugfs>
>    |-- ixgbe
> 	|-- PCI instance
> 	|	|-- attribute files
> 	|-- PCI instance
> 		|-- attribute files
> 
> Signed-off-by: Catherine Sullivan <catherine.sullivan@intel.com>

This should be an optional configuration since it is meant for special
case usage. See SKY2_DEBUG