linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: max77686: Remove some dead code

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Message-ID: <YJhO0cEqpbJAdv7s@piout.net>
Date:   Sun, 9 May 2021 23:06:25 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Edmundo Carmona Antoranz <eantoranz@...il.com>
Cc:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        cw00.choi@...sung.com, krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com,
        b.zolnierkie@...sung.com, a.zummo@...ertech.it,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: max77686: Remove some dead code

On 08/05/2021 18:06:03-0600, Edmundo Carmona Antoranz wrote:
> On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 10:59 AM Christophe JAILLET
> <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Following the recent conversations, I think it might make sense to do
> > > dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to register RTC device: %pe\n", info->rtc_dev);
> > >
> > > Is that right?
> > >
> >
> > Yes, it is right, but it should be done in another patch.
> >
> > Would you like to give it a try?
> >
> Sure, I'll have the patch ready to send it when I see yours on next.

Does it make sense to print anything at all? Who would use the output?
Is anyone actually going to read it?


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