Re: [PATCH] Remove ambiguous logging for "Unsupported brightness interface"

From: Eric Curtin
Date: Sat Jan 30 2016 - 11:56:06 EST


On 30 January 2016 at 12:20, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jan 2016, Joe Perches wrote:
>> On Wed, 2016-01-27 at 22:14 +0000, Eric Curtin wrote:
>> > Message gets logged on machines that are well supported.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> > drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 1 -
>> > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> > b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> > index a268a7a..4eb41aa 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> > @@ -6661,7 +6661,6 @@ static void __init
>> > tpacpi_detect_brightness_capabilities(void)
>> > pr_info("detected a 8-level brightness capable
>> > ThinkPad\n");
>> > break;
>> > default:
>> > - pr_info("Unsupported brightness interface\n");
>> > tp_features.bright_unkfw = 1;
>> > bright_maxlvl = b - 1;
>> > }
>>
>> Perhaps this should be something like this instead:
>> ---
>> drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 4 +---
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> index a268a7a..bd12c71 100644
>> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> @@ -6653,18 +6653,16 @@ static void __init tpacpi_detect_brightness_capabilities(void)
>> switch (b) {
>> case 16:
>> bright_maxlvl = 15;
>> - pr_info("detected a 16-level brightness capable ThinkPad\n");
>> break;
>> case 8:
>> case 0:
>> bright_maxlvl = 7;
>> - pr_info("detected a 8-level brightness capable ThinkPad\n");
>> break;
>> default:
>> - pr_info("Unsupported brightness interface\n");
>> tp_features.bright_unkfw = 1;
>> bright_maxlvl = b - 1;
>> }
>> + pr_info("detected %u brightness levels\n", bright_maxlvl + 1);
>> }
>
> This can be made pr_debug, since we're touching it...
>
> --
> "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
> them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
> where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
> Henrique Holschuh

"Unsupported brightness interface" message gets logged on
machines that are well supported.

Signed-off-by: Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index a268a7a..e305ab5 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -6653,18 +6653,16 @@ static void __init
tpacpi_detect_brightness_capabilities(void)
switch (b) {
case 16:
bright_maxlvl = 15;
- pr_info("detected a 16-level brightness capable ThinkPad\n");
break;
case 8:
case 0:
bright_maxlvl = 7;
- pr_info("detected a 8-level brightness capable ThinkPad\n");
break;
default:
- pr_info("Unsupported brightness interface\n");
tp_features.bright_unkfw = 1;
bright_maxlvl = b - 1;
}
+ pr_debug("detected %u brightness levels\n", bright_maxlvl + 1);
}

static int __init brightness_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm)
--
2.5.0