linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/18] i2c: i801: remove printout on handled timeouts

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Message-ID: <ZihOGZ3ldzWRb7y7@surfacebook.localdomain>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 03:11:05 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Cc: linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
	Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/18] i2c: i801: remove printout on handled timeouts

Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 01:24:20PM +0200, Wolfram Sang kirjoitti:
> I2C and SMBus timeouts are not something the user needs to be informed
> about on controller level. The client driver may know if that really is
> a problem and give more detailed information to the user. The controller
> should just pass this information upwards. Turn all timeout related
> printouts to debug level.

As I mentioned in reply to cover letter this change does not seem to me right.
If you provide an equivalent dev_err() in the core, I'll be totally fine with
it.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko