Re: [PATCH -next] usb: renesas-xhci: Use pr_info while fw verify success

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Jul 26 2022 - 12:51:50 EST


On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 02:05:09PM +0800, Chen Xingdi wrote:
> While fw verify success, it is confused to print an error
> log which is actually not an error, so use pr_info to print
> firmware version instead of pr_err.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Xingdi <chenxingdi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci-renesas.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci-renesas.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci-renesas.c
> index 52599d96634f..1eb1d863d545 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci-renesas.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci-renesas.c
> @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static int renesas_fw_verify(const void *fw_data,
> }
>
> fw_version = get_unaligned_le16(fw_data + fw_version_pointer);
> - pr_err("got firmware version: %02x.", fw_version);
> + pr_info("got firmware version: %02x.", fw_version);

Why print anything at all? When drivers are working properly, they
should be quiet. Who relies on this message being sent to the kernel
log?

thanks,

greg k-h