linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] media: pci: netup_unidvb: don't print error when adding adapter fails

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Date:	Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:06:54 -0400
From:	Abylay Ospan <aospan@...up.ru>
To:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Cc:	Wolfram Sang <wsa-dev@...g-engineering.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
	Sergey Kozlov <serjk@...up.ru>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
	linux-media <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] media: pci: netup_unidvb: don't print error when
 adding adapter fails

make sense. thanks for explaining and for patch !

2016-08-10 10:56 GMT-04:00 Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>:
>
>> if we do not remove this it's also ok, right ? What the big deal to
>> remove this type of messages (i'm just interested) ?
>
> * Saving memory, especially at runtime.
> * Giving consistent and precise error messages
>
> This series is a first step of trying to move generic error messages
> from drivers to subsystem cores.
>



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