> These patches add support for a boot-time switch to enable PNP debug
> messages. Currently, users have to recompile with CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG=y
> to get PNP debug messages.
>
> I copied the implementation strategy from Greg KH's USB patches:
>
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/8/529
>
> These patches don't fix any bugs, and I know it's pretty late to
> consider new stuff for 2.6.27. The only reason to even consider them
> is that 2.6.27 includes a significant PNP rewrite, and if 2.6.27 ends
> up in a distro kernel, it will be much easier to work on problems if
> users can collect debug information without rebuilding the kernel.