linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: sm750fb: Fix printk() style warning

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Message-ID: <20161002181301.GA22637@kroah.com>
Date:   Sun, 2 Oct 2016 20:13:01 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Edward Lipinsky <ellipinsky@...il.com>
Cc:     sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com, teddy.wang@...iconmotion.com,
        sudip@...torindia.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: sm750fb: Fix printk() style warning

On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 11:05:05AM -0700, Edward Lipinsky wrote:
> This patch fixes the checkpatch.pl warning:
> 
> WARNING: printk() should include KERN_ facility level
> 
> Signed-off-by: Edward Lipinsky <ellipinsky@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.c
> index 9637dd3..e72a29c 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.c
> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void ddk750_set_mmio(void __iomem *addr, unsigned short devId, char revId)
>  	devId750 = devId;
>  	revId750 = revId;
>  	if (revId == 0xfe)
> -		printk("found sm750le\n");
> +		pr_info("found sm750le\n");

Why can't you use dev_info() here?

thanks,

greg k-h