linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: i2c-mux-gpio: Change log level to debug for probe deferrals

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Message-ID: <20150327152932.GB27238@katana>
Date:	Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:29:33 +0100
From:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:	Ioan Nicu <ioan.nicu.ext@....com>
Cc:	Peter Korsgaard <peter.korsgaard@...co.com>,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>,
	Mathias Rulf <mathias.rulf@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: i2c-mux-gpio: Change log level to debug for probe
 deferrals

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 06:43:51PM +0100, Ioan Nicu wrote:
> Probe deferral is not an error case. It happens only when
> the necessary dependencies are not there yet.
> 
> The driver core is already printing a message when a driver
> requests probe deferral, so this can be traced in the logs
> without these error prints.
> 
> This patch changes the error messages from these deferral cases
> to debug messages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ionut Nicu <ioan.nicu.ext@...ia.com>

Why not simply removing it?


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