In some configurations, recovery is optional. So, don't throw an error when it is not used because e.g. pinctrl settings for recovery are not provided. Reword the message and make it debug output. Reported-by: Klaus Kudielka <klaus.kudielka@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Tested on a Renesas Salvator-XS with R-Car H3 ES2.0. Klaus, let me know if you are happy as well. drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c index 63ebf722a424..f21362355973 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static int i2c_gpio_init_recovery(struct i2c_adapter *adap) static int i2c_init_recovery(struct i2c_adapter *adap) { struct i2c_bus_recovery_info *bri = adap->bus_recovery_info; - char *err_str; + char *err_str, *err_level = KERN_ERR; if (!bri) return 0; @@ -387,7 +387,8 @@ static int i2c_init_recovery(struct i2c_adapter *adap) return -EPROBE_DEFER; if (!bri->recover_bus) { - err_str = "no recover_bus() found"; + err_str = "no suitable method provided"; + err_level = KERN_DEBUG; goto err; } @@ -414,7 +415,7 @@ static int i2c_init_recovery(struct i2c_adapter *adap) return 0; err: - dev_err(&adap->dev, "Not using recovery: %s\n", err_str); + dev_printk(err_level, &adap->dev, "Not using recovery: %s\n", err_str); adap->bus_recovery_info = NULL; return -EINVAL; -- 2.30.0