Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752684AbaKJVcM (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:32:12 -0500 Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com ([209.85.212.178]:46890 "EHLO mail-wi0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750941AbaKJVcK (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:32:10 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1414514443-28943-2-git-send-email-wsa@the-dreams.de> References: <1414514443-28943-1-git-send-email-wsa@the-dreams.de> <1414514443-28943-2-git-send-email-wsa@the-dreams.de> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:32:08 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/4] core: platform: add warning if driver has no owner From: Tony Luck To: Wolfram Sang Cc: Greg KH , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Julia Lawall Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > + if (!drv->owner) > + printk(KERN_WARNING "Driver '%s' needs an owner", drv->name); This showed up in next-20141110 and on ia64 I see 44 "needs an owner" messages, even from drivers like e1000. Anyone else seeing anything like that? Or is some ia64 initialization path missing an update? -Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/