linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] regulator: core: lower severity level of message about using dummy supplies

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Message-ID: <20170204174502.GA12980@dtor-ws>
Date:   Sat, 4 Feb 2017 09:45:02 -0800
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] regulator: core: lower severity level of message
 about using dummy supplies

On Sat, Feb 04, 2017 at 12:48:19PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 01:56:04PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Use of dummy supplies is normal and common occurrence in the kernel, let's
> > lower severity from warning to info.
> 
> It really shouldn't be either of these things, at least on DT systems.

But it definitely happens on ACPI systems for drivers for peripherals
that we share between both x86 and ARM.

-- 
Dmitry