From: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: don't bother users with unimportant messages.
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:15:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060219081523.GA9668@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060219010910.GA18841@redhat.com>
On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 08:09:10PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> When users see these printed to the console, they think
> something is wrong. As it's just informational and something
> that only developers care about, lower the printk level.
If you're getting complaints about this, wouldn't it be better to
forward them here so that they can be fixed up?
The thing about this particular message is that if you see it, the
driver will _not_ work properly, so it's actually more than a
"debugging" message. It's telling you why driver FOO doesn't work.
--
Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-19 8:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-19 1:09 don't bother users with unimportant messages Dave Jones
2006-02-19 1:17 ` David S. Miller
2006-02-19 8:15 ` Russell King [this message]
2006-02-19 8:29 ` Dave Jones
2006-02-19 9:31 ` Russell King
2006-02-19 9:47 ` Dave Jones
2006-02-19 17:57 ` Greg KH
2006-02-19 18:37 ` Dave Jones
2006-02-19 22:41 ` Greg KH
2006-02-19 20:36 ` Gene Heskett
2006-02-19 20:34 ` Gene Heskett
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