From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750945AbWBSIPb (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Feb 2006 03:15:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751122AbWBSIPa (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Feb 2006 03:15:30 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:25871 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750945AbWBSIPa (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Feb 2006 03:15:30 -0500 Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:15:23 +0000 From: Russell King To: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: don't bother users with unimportant messages. Message-ID: <20060219081523.GA9668@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel References: <20060219010910.GA18841@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060219010910.GA18841@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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