linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pch_phub: add message to notify installing pch

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:21:30 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Tomoya MORINAGA <tomoya.rohm@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tec-electronic.com>,
	Denis Turischev <denis@...pulab.co.il>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, qi.wang@...el.com,
	yong.y.wang@...el.com, joel.clark@...el.com, kok.howg.ewe@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pch_phub: add message to notify installing pch_phub

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:07:47AM +0900, Tomoya MORINAGA wrote:
> Currently, a user who wants to install pch_phub, the user can't know whether
> the driver is installed or not from log of kernel ring buffer.
> Of course, though seeing sysfs files, the user can know the installing,
> kernel message is useful better than seeing sysfs files.
> 
> So, this patch adds logs.

No, I'm going to reject this, we have been _removing_ these types of
garbage messages from drivers, please don't add new ones, it is
pointless.

greg k-h
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