Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (dell-smm) Move error message to make probing silent

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Sun Dec 04 2022 - 22:35:38 EST


On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 07:34:18PM +0100, Armin Wolf wrote:
> If dell-smm-hwmon loads on unsupported hardware like the
> Dell XPS 17 9710, an error message is printed.
> This might confuse users, as drivers are expected to be
> silent if no supported hardware is found.
> Reorder the error message so its only printed when the
> driver is loaded with the "force" option being set.
> Also reword the error message slightly.
>
> Tested on a Dell Inspiron 3505.
>
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx>

Applied to hwmon-next.

Thanks,
Guenter

> ---
> drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --
> 2.30.2
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
> index 1572b5416015..7ac778aedc68 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
> @@ -1447,9 +1447,10 @@ static int __init i8k_init(void)
> */
> if (i8k_get_dell_signature(I8K_SMM_GET_DELL_SIG1) &&
> i8k_get_dell_signature(I8K_SMM_GET_DELL_SIG2)) {
> - pr_err("unable to get SMM Dell signature\n");
> if (!force)
> return -ENODEV;
> +
> + pr_err("Unable to get Dell SMM signature\n");
> }
>
> dell_smm_device = platform_create_bundle(&dell_smm_driver, dell_smm_probe, NULL, 0, NULL,