Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758283AbYHTO57 (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:57:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751963AbYHTO5t (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:57:49 -0400 Received: from g1t0029.austin.hp.com ([15.216.28.36]:25301 "EHLO g1t0029.austin.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750828AbYHTO5s (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:57:48 -0400 From: Bjorn Helgaas To: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] PNP debugging rework Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:57:42 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 Cc: Len Brown , Adam M Belay , Andrew Morton , Thomas Renninger , Dave Jones , Ben Collins , Dann Frazier , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20080819225310.28206.1011.stgit@tigger.helgaas> <20080820025427.GQ9807@one.firstfloor.org> In-Reply-To: <20080820025427.GQ9807@one.firstfloor.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808200857.44056.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1245 Lines: 27 On Tuesday 19 August 2008 08:54:27 pm Andi Kleen wrote: > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 04:53:10PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > These patches add support for a boot-time switch to enable PNP debug > > messages. Currently, users have to recompile with CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG=y > > to get PNP debug messages. > > > > I copied the implementation strategy from Greg KH's USB patches: > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/8/529 > > > > These patches don't fix any bugs, and I know it's pretty late to > > consider new stuff for 2.6.27. The only reason to even consider them > > is that 2.6.27 includes a significant PNP rewrite, and if 2.6.27 ends > > up in a distro kernel, it will be much easier to work on problems if > > users can collect debug information without rebuilding the kernel. > > I would have pushed them up because they look harmless enough, > but after Linus' recent rant on merging windows on linux-kernel I've > reconsidered. Will queue them for .28 in test. Fair enough, thanks! Bjorn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/