linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] mfd: smsc: Add support for smsc gpio io/keypad driver

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Date:	Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:08:03 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
Cc:	Sourav Poddar <sourav.poddar@...com>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] mfd: smsc: Add support for smsc gpio io/keypad driver

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 04:52:41PM +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote:

> Fair enough, we have "quiet", but I'm not sure that's enough argument to
> allow any simple driver to start poluting dmesg with whatever random
> messages.

I think if the driver is just logging to say "I'm running" that's noise
and I do push back on that routinely myself; if the driver is providing
information it's discovered from the running system then that seems much
more useful and we should have a sensible way of getting that out in a
place where users are likely to find.

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