On 03/21/2013 10:32 PM, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote: >>> + >>> + dev_info(&client->dev, "registered si5351 i2c client\n"); >>> + >> >> That's just noise, imagine every driver would print such a line, your bootlog >> would be scrolling for hours ;) I'd either remove it or make it dev_dbg > > Actually, I understand not to have it, but if you don't want it you can still > boot with "quiet", can't you? Having one single line that helps you see it has > been probed helps a lot. But, I don't have a strong opinion on that and can > make it dev_dbg.
It is useful during development, but in my opinion only as long as not every other driver does this as well. If you want to check whether a device has been probed you can easily do this by checking the drivers sysfs node. - Lars -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
