linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] staging: media: as102: replace custom dprintk() with dev

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Date:	Sat, 17 May 2014 20:43:49 +0200
From:	Gianluca Gennari <gennarone@...il.com>
To:	Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>,
	Antti Palosaari <crope@....fi>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@...nellabs.com>
CC:	m.chehab@...sung.com, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] staging: media: as102: replace custom dprintk() with
 dev_dbg()

Il 17/05/2014 19:52, Martin Kepplinger ha scritto:
> Am 2014-05-17 19:21, schrieb Antti Palosaari:
>> On 05/17/2014 07:05 PM, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
>>> don't reinvent dev_dbg(). remove dprintk() in as102_drv.c.
>>> use the common kernel coding style.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Antti Palosaari <crope@....fi>
>>
>>> ---
>>> this applies to next-20140516. any more suggestions?
>>> more cleanup can be done when dprintk() is completely gone.
>>
>> Do you have the device? I am a bit reluctant patching that driver
>> without any testing as it has happened too many times something has gone
>> totally broken.
> I don't have the device and will, at most, change such style issues.
> 
>>
>> IIRC Devin said it is in staging because of style issues and nothing
>> more. Is that correct?
> I haven't heard anything. A TODO file would help.

Hi Antti, Martin,
if I remember correctly, the main issue with this driver is that the
device does not work anymore after a reboot: it needs a power cycle to
start working again. Probably this issue is enough to keep the driver in
staging.

Regards,
Gianluca

> 
>>
>> regards
>> Antti
>>
> 
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