linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/16] i2c: drop class based instantiaion for selected drivers

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Date:	Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:13:07 +0200
From:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:	Lothar Waßmann <LW@...O-electronics.de>
Cc:	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
	davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	adi-buildroot-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] i2c: drop class based instantiaion for selected
 drivers


> > +	/* Warn that the adapter lost class based instantiation */
> > +	if (adapter->class == I2C_CLASS_DEPRECATED) {
> > +		dev_dbg(&adapter->dev,
> > +			"This adapter dropped support for I2C classes and "
> > +			"won't auto-detect %s devices anymore. If you need it, check "
> > +			"'Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices' for alternatives.\n",
> >
> It's usually a bad idea to split kernel messages across source lines

Yes, "usually". Not for this message, though, it's specific. The lines
would have been quite long.

> You could at least do the split at the sentence boundary.

OK, this would have been a compromise.


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