linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] firewire: do not expose globally unique IDs in the kernel log

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Date:	Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:10:31 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Carl Karsten <carl@...sonnelware.com>
Cc:	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] firewire: do not expose globally unique IDs in the
 kernel log

On Dec 20 Carl Karsten wrote:
> grumble.
> 
> I use those guids like so:
> 
> plug in dv cam, dmesg, cut guid to clipboard, run:
> dvgrab -guid (paste)

How about:

	#!/bin/sh
	guid=$(cat /sys/bus/firewire/devices/$1/guid)
	shift
	dvgrab -guid $guid "$@"

To be called as "dvgrab-wrapper fw3 [more dvgrab options]", with fw3 being
the device of your choice, e.g. the one that just scrolled by in syslog.

Or you run "grep . /sys/bus/firewire/devices/*/guid | sed s/\\/guid:/\\t/"
before dvgrab, and you get a list of GUIDs from which you can copy and
paste.

> It also kinda helps me keep track of what devices are misbehaving, but
> this alone isn't very important.
> 
> Any chance of making this configurable?

So far the configuration of the "new" firewire drivers were kept at an
essential minimum, and I am hesitant to add more baroque ones.  I would
rather drop this patch now that there was negative feedback, unless there
is going to be positive feedback as well.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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