RE: [RFC PATCH] usb: reduce kernel log spam on driver registration

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Russell King (Oracle) [mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2022 11:40 PM
>To: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: 'Ard Biesheuvel' <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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>Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] usb: reduce kernel log spam on driver registration
>
>On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 10:53:44PM +0530, Alim Akhtar wrote:
>> >Drivers are typically supposed to be quiet unless they are actually
>> >probed,
>> but
>> >for some reason, USB host controllers seem to be exempt from this
>> >rule, and happily broadcast their existence into the kernel log at
>> >boot even if the hardware in question is nowhere to be found.
>> >
>> >Let's fix that, and remove these pr_info() calls.
>> >
>> How about just change pr_info() to pr_debug() instead?
>
>Do the messages serve a useful purpose that the initcall_debug kernel
>parameter (that doesn't require #define DEBUG to be set while compiling and
>thus can be used with any kernel) doesn't provide?
>
Ah, right,  initcall_debug will do the job.
So removing pr_info() from init call looks good.
Thanks.

Hi Ard
Feel free to add 

Reviewed-by: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@xxxxxxxxxxx>


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