Re: [PATCH] ARM: OMAP2+: gpmc-smsc911x: add required smsc911xregulators

From: Matt Porter
Date: Wed Feb 22 2012 - 11:28:58 EST


On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:08:36AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> Two more points:
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:43:42AM -0500, Matt Porter wrote:
> > This fixes smsc911x support on platforms using gpmc_smsc911x_init().
> > Commit c7e963f6888816f04d1f5da0e07bec4e0092f227 added the requirement
>
> Always include the commit summary as well here, so:
>
> Commit c7e963f6888816 (net/smsc911x: Add regulator support) added the ...

Ok. Addressed in v2.

> > @@ -55,6 +94,11 @@ void __init gpmc_smsc911x_init(struct omap_smsc911x_platform_data *board_data)
> >
> > gpmc_cfg = board_data;
> >
> > + if (platform_device_register(&gpmc_smsc911x_regulator) < 0) {
> > + pr_err("Unable to register smsc911x regulators\n");
> > + return;
> > + }
>
> It's always a good idea to indicate why something failed:
>
> err = platform_device_register(&gpmc_smsc911x_regulator);
> if (err < 0) {
> pr_err("Unable to register smsc911x regulators: %d\n", err);
> return;
> }
>
> so that people can see not only what failed, but also why it failed.

Looks much better, also addressed in v2.

-Matt
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