linux-kernel - Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH] dvb-core: Handle failures to create devices

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0705061404170.32689@shell2.speakeasy.net>
Date:	Sun, 6 May 2007 15:50:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Trent Piepho <xyzzy@...akeasy.org>
To:	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux DVB <linux-dvb@...uxtv.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH] dvb-core: Handle failures to create devices

I've tested this and can confirm it works.  dvb_class will be set too late
without the change to subsys_initcall.

On Tue, 1 May 2007, Simon Arlott wrote:
> dvb-core is not started early enough when device drivers that use dvb are
> compiled in so device_register_device fails (silently) since dvb_class is

                ^dvb_register_device

> NULL, this runs dvb_init using subsys_initcall instead of module_init.
>
> dvb_register_device will now check the return value of class_device_create.
> All the printks had missing level prefixes so I've fixed these too.

Probably better to make this a separate patch, since it's not related.

> -		printk ("%s: could get find free device id...\n", __FUNCTION__);
> +		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: could get find free device id...\n", __FUNCTION__);

"couldn't find free device id"

If it's ok with you, I'll import your patch as two seperate patches with
the spelling errors fixed?

> +	dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "DVB: register adapter%d/%s%d @ minor: %i (0x%02x)\n",
>  		adap->num, dnames[type], id, nums2minor(adap->num, type, id),
>  		nums2minor(adap->num, type, id));

The dvb-core dvbdev_debug parameter does nothing but turn on this one
single dprintk.  I'm tempted to just delete it.
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