[PATCH 5/5] gpio: nomadik: drop "chip registered" log on probe success

Théo Lebrun theo.lebrun at bootlin.com
Thu Jul 2 01:34:02 PDT 2026


Hello Linus,

On Thu Jul 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM CEST, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2026 at 6:57 PM Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun at bootlin.com> wrote:
>
>> Successful driver probing should be silent. Drop unconditional
>> dev_info() call that is done at nmk_gpio_probe() exit.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun at bootlin.com>
>
> I actually don't generally agree, but you are using this driver more than
> me now so let's go with your minimalist dmesg style for this driver.

I get from where you stand, but the info level is somewhat strong.
Documentation/process/coding-style.rst agrees ("When drivers are
working properly they are quiet").

If you like this log line we can turn it into a lower debug level?

> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw at kernel.org>

Thanks for the reviews Linus!

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Théo Lebrun, Bootlin
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