Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tracing: add trace console | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:41:33 +0100 |
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On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 15:30 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > > +config TRACE_CONSOLE > > > > + tristate "Support for a tracing console" > > > > + help > > > > + Say M (or Y if you must, but this is not recommended) > > > > Why not? > > It'll always be registered and you have no way to turn it off then, so > you can't trace without getting every printk. I didn't want to add extra > API to toggle it, but building it in might be a bit odd that way.
OK, so maybe expand that help text a little to avoid the obvious question ;-)
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