linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regulator: of: Lower the severity of the error with no container

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Date:	Thu, 9 Oct 2014 16:54:40 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, atull@...nsource.altera.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: of: Lower the severity of the error with no
 container

On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 05:25:31PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 01:12:13AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:

> > We'll do something, just a question of what and what the default is.

> Ok. Note that a boot parameter would not work well for our use case,
> so it would be great if we can find something else.

Could you explain why please?

> > Shove a dev_name() on the front if we get a collision?  I have to say
> > I've never cared, the debugfs isn't that important so it doesn't matter
> > too much if it fails.

> Sure, but, again, I am getting lots and lots of those error messages.
> I probably would not care either (and probably not even have noticed)
> if not for those messages.

> Want me to submit a patch with the dev_name solution ?

Yes, please.

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