Re: xxxVERBOSE module?

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Thu, 20 May 2010, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 08:13:15AM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
> > To my understanding most of the VERBOSE options are compile-time
> > switches which are used to conditionally compile debug code using
> > #ifdefs.  I am not sure how such a module should work then, changing
> > #ifdef'ed code into code that is always compiled, but only used under
> > certain circumstances?
>
> No, this was about PCIVERBOSE, USBVERBOSE and SCSIVERBOSE, which
> adds in the kernel table of strings for vendor/device names,
> extended error codes, etc ...

Correct - that was my intention.


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