linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 30/30 v2] Staging: comedi: fix printk() issue in das16m1.c

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Message-ID: <1311003984.2286.89.camel@Joe-Laptop>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:46:24 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Cc:	Ravishankar <ravishankarkm32@...il.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ravishankar <ravi.shankar@...enturtles.in>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 30/30 v2] Staging: comedi: fix printk() issue in
 das16m1.c

On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 11:43 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011, Ravishankar wrote:
> > -	printk(" io 0x%lx-0x%lx 0x%lx-0x%lx",
> > +	printk(KERN_INFO " requesing the I/O region from 0x%lx-0x%lx 0x%lx-0x%lx",
> Correct spelling is "requesting" and the "from" should either have a 
> matching "to" or just be dropped IMHO.
> Personally I'd just make it:
> " requesting I/O region 0x%lx-0x%lx 0x%lx-0x%lx"
[]
> I think the original text was better.

KERN_INFO is the wrong level.

Just log the errors at KERN_ERR/pr_err and make the rest
pr_debug or delete them.

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