linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Introduce FW_INFO* functions and messages

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Message-ID: <20131205113016.GB3823@console-pimps.org>
Date:	Thu, 5 Dec 2013 11:30:16 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Introduce FW_INFO* functions and messages

On Wed, 04 Dec, at 07:22:57PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The other part I noticed about this particular patchset is that it's
> not really "firmware" as such, but specifically PC wiht ACPI that
> gets covered here. So rather than generalizing the code, another
> option would be to narrow down the scope and make it
> acpi_{warn,info,dbg} instead.

Making this specific to ACPI runs the risk of people introducing a
multitude of new logging functions for every subsystem, e.g.
efi_{warn,info,dbg}.

FWIW, I'd be interested in using something like this patch series to
properly log EFI implementation bugs. The logging for EFI is currently
done fairly haphazardly.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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