On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 12:23:41AM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: > > ifconfig(9) says about debug: > > debug Enable driver-dependent debugging code; usually, this > turns on extra console error logging. > > -debug Disable driver-dependent debugging code. > > but it seems like debug actually takes a debug mask parameter.
are you sure that's the case? i can only see that it sets IFF_DEBUG. then various drivers do stuff if that is set. > it would be nice if this was mentioned, perhaps with the breakdown > of the possible values as well. or if the values are driver specific > maybe a nod in that direction (altough i havent found anything > related to debug in e.g. iwn) > > also, what actually "usually" means in this context? does it mean > 'usually or no messages at all', or 'usually console messages > but in some other cases not console messages but something else'? > it means that you get an increased amount of error messages on your console. jmc
