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Date:      Thu, 06 Feb 2003 12:40:07 -0700
From:      Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com>
To:        Chuck Swiger <chuck@codefab.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AHC/D debug options in GENERIC...?
Message-ID:  <3E42BA17.7060502@btc.adaptec.com>
In-Reply-To: <3E42AC3F.8080804@codefab.com>
References:  <3E42AC3F.8080804@codefab.com>

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Chuck Swiger wrote:

> Hi--
>
> Is it intential that these be included in the GENERIC kernel:
>
> # $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.246.2.50 2002/12/30 19:04:31
> rwatson Exp $
> [ ... ]
> options AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT  # Print register bitfields in debug
>                               # output.  Adds ~128k to driver.
> options AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT  # Print register bitfields in debug
>                               # output.  Adds ~215k to driver.
>
> ...?  I'm not suggesting they be disabled, per se; anyone tuning a
> kernel can turn them off if they want to.
>
> -Chuck
>
>
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They are in the GENERIC kernel but not on the install floppy kernel. 
The reason they are on is to aid us in debugging problems for people 
remotely.  They cause no significant slowdown, just lots of information 
when problems occur.  The size impact of each is about 150k.

Scott


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