For me, unless there is any reason not eg speed or security impact, it should be fine.
You will want to raise a bug however as things tend to get lost otherwise. Its also pretty anti netiquette to bump threads on mailing lists.... On 6 Jul 2012 17:48, "pierigno" <[email protected]> wrote: > 2012/7/6 Joost Ruis <[email protected]>: > > ban > > thanks for the concise answer, but the problem remains: people willing > to help kernel developers need to provide debug informations about > modules they're working on. > > In the specific case of the dvb subsystem, Mauro Carvalho Chehab has > developed a smart script that allows users to test the latest modules > without messing with the user system. you basically follow this step: > > git clone git://linuxtv.org/media_build.git > cd media_build > ./build --git <git-tree-of-your-interest> <branch> > > The new dvb-usb subsystem makes use of the aforementioned > CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG to print debug information, so my question about > the possibility to enable it in the stock sabayon kernel images. > Security wise, IMHO it doesn't pose too much problems, as a user > willing to enable debug outputs has already the possibility to > load/unload kernel modules with the proper debug parameters. Also to > access these informations root access is needed. > what do you think? > > Please point me to the right place to ask this kind of questions if > the dev mailing list is not the right one. I've avoid to file a bug > because IMHO it's not really a bug, but just a request for comments. > > Regards, > > Pierangelo > >
