Re: [PATCH 2/4] Input: elan_i2c - always output the device information

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Fri Sep 30 2016 - 19:53:03 EST


On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 04:34:02PM +0200, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> it's always easier to retrieve these information in bug reports when
> it is always printed in the dmesg.
>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c b/drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c
> index d15b338..2de1f75 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c
> @@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ static int elan_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> if (error)
> return error;
>
> - dev_dbg(&client->dev,
> + dev_info(&client->dev,
> "Elan Touchpad Information:\n"
> " Module product ID: 0x%04x\n"
> " Firmware Version: 0x%04x\n"

The format is acceptable for dev_dbg, but this multi-line output is not
too nice for normal logging, especially as we probe the device
asynchronously so there can easily be more output from other kernel
threads.

Thanks.

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Dmitry