linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] watchdog: cadence_wdt: Show information when driver is probed

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Date:   Fri, 4 Aug 2017 15:56:09 +0200
From:   Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] watchdog: cadence_wdt: Show information when driver
 is probed

On 4.8.2017 15:47, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 08/04/2017 12:39 AM, Michal Simek wrote:
>> Showing message that driver is loaded is common across drivers.
> 
> Across watchdog drivers, which I am always half-annoyed about.
> Is this really valuable ?

I don't think that this is debug message. We don't have hundreds of
drivers that log explodes and for systems, which I don't know, I do
normally check dmesg logs and I would expect this message to be there to
know that watchdog is enabled.

Thanks,
Michal

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