linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] pci: using printk(KERN

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Date:	Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:03:01 -0700
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"Bjorn Helgaas" <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
Cc:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] pci: using printk(KERN_PCI v3

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 September 2008 02:27:44 am Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> v2: use printk(KERN_DEBUG KERN_PCI ...
>> v3: fix checkpatch error and warning
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
>>
>> ---
>>  drivers/pci/probe.c |   28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
>>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>
>> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/pci/probe.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/pci/probe.c
>> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/pci/probe.c
>> @@ -304,7 +304,8 @@ static int __pci_read_base(struct pci_de
>>               } else {
>>                       res->start = l64;
>>                       res->end = l64 + sz64;
>> -                     printk(KERN_DEBUG "PCI: %s reg %x 64bit mmio: [%llx, %llx]\n",
>> +                     printk(KERN_DEBUG KERN_PCI
>> +                              "PCI: %s reg %x 64bit mmio: [%llx, %llx]\n",
>>                                pci_name(dev), pos, res->start, res->end);
>
> I really don't understand the point of this series.  I think
> the user experience is too confusing.
>
> But if you're going to change printks like the one above,
> please at least make it use dev_printk() like most of the
> rest of the PCI core.

will look at dev_printk...

YH
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