linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/3] intel_pstate: Use pr

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Date:	Wed, 6 Apr 2016 07:51:06 -0700
From:	"Doug Smythies" <dsmythies@...us.net>
To:	"'Srinivas Pandruvada'" <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
	"'Joe Perches'" <joe@...ches.com>, "'Len Brown'" <lenb@...nel.org>,
	"'Rafael J. Wysocki'" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	"'Viresh Kumar'" <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:	<linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/3] intel_pstate: Use pr_fmt

On 2016.04.05 02:44 Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:
> On Tue, 2016-04-05 at 13:28 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
>> Prefix the output using the more common kernel style.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Acked-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

...[cut, example left]...

> -		pr_warn("intel_pstate: Turbo disabled by BIOS or
> unavailable on processor\n");
> +		pr_warn("Turbo disabled by BIOS or unavailable on
> processor\n");

I do  not understand.
The common and unique string "intel_pstate" was added on purpose
so as to provide a way to easily extract the related message from
an otherwise huge log file.

Reference:
commit f16255eb930173f386db0ce78ed41401aa8a94a6