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Re: [PATCH v3] brcmfmac: Do not print the firmware version as an error

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On 8-3-2017 18:53, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-03-08 at 17:57 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
>> Hi,
> 
> And hello back to you.

Also hello.

>> On 08-03-17 17:34, Joe Perches wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2017-03-08 at 09:23 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>>> Using pr_err for things which are not errors is a bad idea. E.g. it
>>>> will cause the plymouth bootsplash screen to drop back to the text
>>>> console so that the user can see the error, which is not what we
>>>> normally want to happen.
>>>>
>>>> Instead add a new brcmf_info macro and use that.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> Changes in v2:
>>>> -Fix brcm_err typo (should be brcmf_err) in CONFIG_BRCM_TRACING case
>>>> Changes in v3:
>>>> -Use do { } while (0) around macro
>>>
>>> why?  Single statement macros do not need a do/while
>>
>> Because Arend ask me to during review of v2.
> 
> Well, maybe Arend should learn that single statement macros
> don't need do/while guards and that do/while guards are
> generally not used in the kernel for single statements.

Always good to learn from an expert. The intent behind my remark was to
follow the same pattern as brcmf_err for the sake of consistency. I was
not clear.



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