Re: [PATCH v2] Input: elan_i2c - check if device is there before really probing

From	Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: [PATCH v2] Input: elan_i2c - check if device is there before really probing
Date	2017-05-10 03:00 +0200
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On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 9:46 PM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:

> That is the point of the patch - we want to fail silently if the device
> is not actually there and fails even the simplest communication. Driver
> core treats ENXIO and ENODEV as special and does not log errors.

Got it, thanks for the explanation!

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[PATCH v2] Input: elan_i2c - check if device is there before really  probing Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2017-05-09 02:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2] Input: elan_i2c - check if device is there before  really probing Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com> - 2017-05-09 03:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2] Input: elan_i2c - check if device is there before  really probing Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2017-05-10 02:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2] Input: elan_i2c - check if device is there before  really probing Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com> - 2017-05-10 03:00 +0200

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