linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: i8042 - cleanup of debug code (was Re: 2.6.22-rc2-mm1)

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Message-ID: <d120d5000705300727g7ddfb845sa02ad92a434aefc6@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 May 2007 10:27:03 -0400
From:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	"Jiri Kosina" <jikos@...os.cz>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: i8042 - cleanup of debug code (was Re: 2.6.22-rc2-mm1)

Hi Jiri,

On 5/30/07, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...os.cz> wrote:
>
> From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
>
> Input: i8042 - cleanup of debug code
>
> Debugging facility of i8042 is now toggled in runtime instead
> of needing to recompile the kernel. Therefore the DEBUG macro
> is useless (it's hardcoded to be defined anyway). Remove it.
>

I'd rather leave it as is in case someone wants to squeeze last bit of
memory savings from the kernel. Also there some security issues
(someone breaking into the box and enabling i8042 debug and capturing
all keycodes) so uber-sensitive folks can use it to disable debug
completely.

-- 
Dmitry
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