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* [PATCH] gpiolib: make gpiochip_add() show a better error message
@ 2010-05-06  3:50 Ben Dooks
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From: Ben Dooks @ 2010-05-06  3:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: dbrownell, akpm, gregkh, ext-jani.1.nikula, ak, Ben Dooks

The current message, 'not registered' is confusing as it implies it was
not registered with something, whereas printing 'failed to register' implies
it was the gpiochip_add() call that did not work correctly.

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index eb0c3fe..384d993 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ unlock:
 fail:
 	/* failures here can mean systems won't boot... */
 	if (status)
-		pr_err("gpiochip_add: gpios %d..%d (%s) not registered\n",
+		pr_err("gpiochip_add: gpios %d..%d (%s) failed to register\n",
 			chip->base, chip->base + chip->ngpio - 1,
 			chip->label ? : "generic");
 	return status;
-- 
1.6.3.3


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