linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] rtc: s3c: Don't print an error on probe deferral

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2016 18:07:36 -0300
From:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rtc: s3c: Don't print an error on probe deferral

Hello Joe,

On 03/14/2016 05:30 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-03-14 at 17:25 -0300, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> The clock and source clock looked up by the driver may not be available
>> just because the clock controller driver was not probed yet so printing
>> an error in this case is not correct and only adds confusion to users.
>>
>> However, knowing that a driver's probe was deferred may be useful so it
>> can be printed as debug information.
> 
> Hello again Javier:
>> +			dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "probe deferred due missing rtc clk\n");
> 
> Again, intelligible English would not use "due"
> but would use "due to" or "because of".
> 

Ok, I'll post another version then. I hope the third time's the charm...

Alexandre, do you have any other comments before I re-spin this patch?

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America