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

[Jiri Kosina]

On Wed, 30 May 2007, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> I'd rather leave it as is in case someone wants to squeeze last bit of 
> memory savings from the kernel. 

Yup, that's why I left CONFIG_HID_DEBUG still in place to let users that 
care that much to turn in off.

> 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.

Well this doesn't seem to an issue at all to me - if someone breaks into 
the box, he has dozens of other possibilities how to capture the 
keystrokes than enabling i8042 debug.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
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