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From: Antti Palosaari <crope@iki.fi>
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Subject: Re: WG: Patch pctv452e.c: Suppress annoying dmesg-SPAM
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Moikka Daniel,

On 05/31/2014 12:16 AM, Daniel Mayer wrote:
> Hi,
> attached micro-patch removes the text output of an error-message of the
> PCTV452e-driver. The error messages "I2C error: [.]" do not help any user of
> the kernel, so whatever causes the error, it does not hamper the function of
> my TT-3600 USB receiver.
> So: Just remove the entries in the dmesg, for it is quite spam-like.
> Perhaps someone with deeper knowledge could have a look up the background of
> this message and fix it?
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>
> (resent as plain-text; sorry)
>

That is not proper fix, it just hides it by removing proper error logging.

I debugged real reason earlier:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.video-input-infrastructure/50491


I have got even hardware, but I am totally overloaded so I have to 
prioritize things. I am happy to see if someone fixes it properly.

regards
Antti

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