linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] TSDEV - Don't flood dmesg with removal warnings

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Date:	Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:58:39 -0400
From:	"Parag Warudkar" <parag.warudkar@...il.com>
To:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dtor@...ightbb.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TSDEV - Don't flood dmesg with removal warnings

Hi

On 7/29/07, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...ightbb.com> wrote:
> Hi Parag,
>
> On Friday 27 July 2007 10:43, Parag Warudkar wrote:
> > Ignore my previous whitespace damaged patch. This one should be good.
> >
> > tsdev.c warns about scheduled removal each time tsdev_open is called -
> > So even for a default boot I get to see the warning 3 times -
>
> The printk was moved per Andrew's request to make it more annoying.

The fact that tsdev loads on most people's laptop for no reason and
then gets opened 3 times ought to be annoying enough to make people
delete that module :)

> Obviously it is working ;) Do you know what is opening /dev/input/tsX
> nodes?
>

Who else but Xorg and the boat load of totally irrelevant crap (wacom
etc.) that Ubuntu fills up in xorg.conf (perhaps)? Frankly I don't
know for sure.

Anyway the stated removal is only 3 months away so I guess people can
live with the dmesg annoyance until that time.

Parag
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