netdev - Re: [HOSTAP] Make debug a run-time option

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Message-ID: <20070314194800.GF3372@tuxdriver.com>
Date:	Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:48:00 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...onical.com>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, hostap@...oo.com, j@...fi
Subject: Re: [HOSTAP] Make debug a run-time option

On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 05:17:42PM +0000, Jouni Malinen wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 12:03:56PM -0400, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> > Build-time debugging isn't overly useful for distro kernel folks, nor is
> > enabling huge amounts of debug spew by default. Provide the option of
> > enabling debugging with module parameters.
> 
> While I understand that it would be difficult to change the debug level
> options with binary distributions, I'm not sure whether I would like to
> see these changes going in. PRISM2_NO_DEBUG was added to make it
> possible to reduce the driver size considerably. In addition, the change

What about a combined approach?  The existing compile-time option
could remain while runtime restrictions could be added for when the
debug stuff is compiled into the driver?

John
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John W. Linville
linville@...driver.com
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