On Thursday 03 December 2015 17:42:31 Peter Ujfalusi wrote:
> >
> >> + if (chan) {
> >> + /* Valid channel found */
> >> + if (!IS_ERR(chan) || PTR_ERR(chan) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
> >> + return chan;
> >> +
> >> + pr_warn("%s: %s DMA request failed, falling back to legacy\n",
> >> + __func__, dev->of_node ? "OF" : "ACPI");
> >> + }
> >
> > Maybe print the error code as well?
>
> Or remove the print altogether?
> In a healthy system we will either get the channel or the EPROBE_DEFER, in
> case of the platforms where the DT lookup does not work we expect errors and
> it is 'normal'.
> I think if we fail via DT/ACPI and we fail with legacy also then the client
> driver will say something about it anyways, or deal with it as it see fits.
>
Right, that works too. It took me a while to figure out that we only get
there on systems that have ACPI or DT enabled for a particular device,
but where the normal method failed, rather than also systems with traditional
board files. Without the pr_warn, I would not have needed to think about
this ;-)
Arnd
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