netdev - Re: [PATCH] dm9000: control debug level of the driver

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Message-Id: <20110818.220902.1663745747317150778.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:09:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vz@...ia.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ben-linux@...ff.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dm9000: control debug level of the driver

From: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@...ia.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:38:34 +0300

> This change allows to get driver specific debug messages output
> setting a default value for db->debug_level. As far as the maximum
> level of verbosity is too high, it is demoted by default.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@...ia.com>
> Cc: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>

I would much rather see this config option eliminated entirely.

The default can be set by the user at kernel boot or module
load time with command line settings.
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