Re: [PATCH] staging: sm750fb: Fix printk() style warning

[Mike Rapoport]

On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 09:27:36PM -0700, Edward Lipinsky wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 08:13:01PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 11:05:05AM -0700, Edward Lipinsky wrote:
> > > This patch fixes the checkpatch.pl warning:
> > > 
> > > WARNING: printk() should include KERN_ facility level
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Edward Lipinsky <ellipinsky@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.c
> > > index 9637dd3..e72a29c 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.c
> > > @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void ddk750_set_mmio(void __iomem *addr, unsigned short devId, char revId)
> > >  	devId750 = devId;
> > >  	revId750 = revId;
> > >  	if (revId == 0xfe)
> > > -		printk("found sm750le\n");
> > > +		pr_info("found sm750le\n");
> > 
> > Why can't you use dev_info() here?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> It should work, but I'm not sure what should change in the header files to
> do it--esp. to make the dev parameter available in ddk750_help.c.  (Only
> sm750.c uses dev_ style logging now, the rest of the driver still uses pr_*.)

This printk can be moved to lynxfb_pci_probe, and then it should be no
problem to use dev_info. Just make sure to update the commit message
appropriately. 
 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ed Lipinsky

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Sincerely yours,
Mike.