linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Silence r8712u info and add verbose option v2

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Message-ID: <20131112210641.GB23241@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 13 Nov 2013 06:06:41 +0900
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Alexandre Demers <alexandre.f.demers@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Silence r8712u info and add verbose option v2

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 01:14:30PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 11/12/2013 12:43 PM, Alexandre Demers wrote:
> > r8712u pollutes dmesg and logs. Silence it and add a verbose option to KConfig if we ever
> > really want to hear about it.
> >
> > v2: keep netdev_info instead of replacing it by a KERN_NOTICE
> >
> > ---
> >   drivers/staging/rtl8712/Kconfig        | 7 +++++++
> >   drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c | 7 ++++---
> >   2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> Do you really want the "v2" to be part of the patch title in the git repos? I 
> expect not, thus you should put it inside the []. All that stuff is stripped off 
> when the patch is merged.
> 
> Similarly, do you want the v2 line in the patch description to be part of the 
> permanent record? If not, move it below the --- line.
> 
> You are also missing a Signed-off-by: line. Have you read 
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches? At least you should run every patch through 
> scripts/checkpatch.pl before submitting it.
> 
> Finally, why do you want to add another Kconfig variable? I suggest either 
> deleting the logging statement, or commenting it out. I'm not sure that this 
> info would ever need logging.

To be a bit more clear here, we are activly _removing_ driver and
subsystem specific DEBUG configuration flags, and moving everything to
using the dynamic debug infrastructure in the kernel, as no user ever
rebuilds their kernels/drivers, and we want to be able to get debugging
information from them at times.

thanks,

greg k-h
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