linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] libata: add human-readable error value decoding

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Message-ID: <46434AE5.8060605@garzik.org>
Date:	Thu, 10 May 2007 12:40:05 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
CC:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>, Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: add human-readable error value decoding

Mark Lord wrote:
> Same here, but I would like to see it in there under a CONFIG_DEBUG_LIBATA
> kernel build option or something.  Kind of like the "FANCY_STATUS_DUMPS" 
> flag
> that drivers/ide used to have for this kind of stuff.


The long term goal is to enable verbose output with a module option 
and/or sysfs knob, rather than a compile-time switch.

That's what ata_msg_xxx is for.  We just don't have the knob yet. 
Patches welcome...

	Jeff



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