RE: [PATCH] gpiolib: use dev_err when gpiod_configure_flags failed

From: Peng Fan
Date: Sun Mar 17 2024 - 22:03:53 EST


> Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: use dev_err when gpiod_configure_flags failed
>
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 3:02 AM Peng Fan (OSS) <peng.fan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Using dev_err to show error message will make life easier.
>
> dev_err()
>
> an error
>
> ...
>
> It's unclear what the use case is and how this does make life easier.
> We need to know more!

I forgot to add gpio-ranges in gpio node, then it always fail in my driver
probe to configure pinctrl. So if using dev_err(), it will be easier for
me to locate the error point.

Thanks,
Peng.

>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko