Re: [PATCH] Input: i8042 - cleanup of debug code (was Re: 2.6.22-rc2-mm1)

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Hi Jiri,

On 5/30/07, Jiri Kosina <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Jiri Kosina <[email protected]>

Input: i8042 - cleanup of debug code

Debugging facility of i8042 is now toggled in runtime instead
of needing to recompile the kernel. Therefore the DEBUG macro
is useless (it's hardcoded to be defined anyway). Remove it.


I'd rather leave it as is in case someone wants to squeeze last bit of
memory savings from the kernel. Also there some security issues
(someone breaking into the box and enabling i8042 debug and capturing
all keycodes) so uber-sensitive folks can use it to disable debug
completely.

--
Dmitry
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