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Date:   Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:41:35 +0200
From:   Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@gmail.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 50/50] staging: rtl8723bs: macro DRIVER_PREFIX expands
 to lowercase driver name
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On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 01:04:09PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 11:02:33AM +0200, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> > macro DRIVER_PREFIX expands to lowercase driver name.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_debug.h | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_debug.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_debug.h
> > index 189f02a8300a..3a5b083e95a1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_debug.h
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_debug.h
> > @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
> >  #ifndef __RTW_DEBUG_H__
> >  #define __RTW_DEBUG_H__
> >  
> > -#define DRIVER_PREFIX "RTL8723BS: "
> > +#define DRIVER_PREFIX "rtl8723bs: "
> 
> KBUILD_MODNAME should be used here, in the future.

ok, got it

> 
> But really, this shouldn't be needed at all, it's kind of pointless (if
> it is being used, then odds are the places it is being used is wrong...)
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

fabio@agape:~/src/git/kernels/staging$ grep -r DRIVER_PREFIX drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_cmd.c:	print_hex_dump_debug(DRIVER_PREFIX ": u1H2CRsvdPageParm:", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE,
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_cmd.c:	print_hex_dump_debug(DRIVER_PREFIX ": u1H2CMediaStatusRptParm:", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE,
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_cmd.c:	print_hex_dump_debug(DRIVER_PREFIX ": u1H2CMacIdConfigParm:", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE,
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_cmd.c:	print_hex_dump_debug(DRIVER_PREFIX ": u1H2CRssiSettingParm:", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE,
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_cmd.c:	print_hex_dump_debug(DRIVER_PREFIX ": u1H2CPwrModeParm:", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE,
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_cmd.c:	print_hex_dump_debug(DRIVER_PREFIX ": u1H2CPsTuneParm:", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE,
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_com.c:	print_hex_dump_debug(DRIVER_PREFIX ": c2h_evt_read(): ", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE,
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_com.c:	print_hex_dump_debug(DRIVER_PREFIX ": c2h_evt_read(): Command Content:\n",
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_hal_init.c:	print_hex_dump_debug(DRIVER_PREFIX ": C2HPacketHandler_8723B(): Command Content:\n",
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_debug.h:#define DRIVER_PREFIX "rtl8723bs: "

When I recently changed the old macro printing hex dump I
decided to keep DRIVER_PREFIX. But I can replace it by
KBUILD_MODNAME.

Thank you,

fabio