linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Blacklist Dell Optiplex 320 from using the HPET

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Message-ID: <20070507185902.GA11048@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de>
Date:	Mon, 7 May 2007 20:59:02 +0200
From:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...x01.hs-esslingen.de>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Guilherme M. Schroeder" <guilherme@...tralinf.com.br>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist Dell Optiplex 320 from using the HPET

Hi,

On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 12:58:15PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Sat, 05 May 2007, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > +		printk(KERN_WARNING "HPET counter is defect\n");
> 
> What about
> 		printk(KERN_WARNING "HPET counter is stopped\n");
> 
> which is far more descriptive?

Far more misguiding, rather?

People may mistake this (when not realizing the KERN_WARNING output)
as a status message indicating that we actively stopped the counter.
Maybe something like
"HPET counter inoperable or defective (no increment found during probing)"?
(with an optional "please report" part)

Andreas Mohr
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