[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2] drm/i915: Tune down init error message due to failure injection

[Joonas Lahtinen]

On pe, 2016-03-18 at 00:18 +0200, Imre Deak wrote:
> On Thu, 2016-03-17 at 22:14 +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 12:09:30AM +0200, Imre Deak wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 2016-03-17 at 21:48 +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I would also like this to be the preferred
> > > > DRM_ERROR reporting mechanism i.e. anytime we emit an ERROR we
> > > > should
> > > > be
> > > > encouraging the user to file a bug, and do so in a user friendly
> > > > fashion.
> > > Ok, but only in i915 I assume. Should we also convert then all
> > > DRM_ERROR to dev_err - with an *ERROR* prefix - or still use
> > > DRM_ERROR?
> > Within i915. I am thinking along the lines that no DRM_ERROR should
> > exist that doesn't acknowlege that it is a user facing error message
> > (i.e. written in plain English and is informative, and includes a bug
> > reporting reference). So i915_report_error() or somesuch.
> Ok, will give it a go.

Daniel didn't want i915 debugging/erroring mechanisms to deviate from
core DRM. So I guess this would follow in the same category.

I'm all in for structuring a coherent debugging/error message logic and
functions for it and then everyone can follow the suit.

Regards, Joonas

> 
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Joonas Lahtinen
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