RE: [PATCH] can: rcar_canfd: Add Renesas R-Car CAN FD driver

[Ramesh Shanmugasundaram <ramesh.shanmugasundaram@bp.renesas.com>]

Hi Oliver,

Thanks for the review.

> On 03/01/2016 10:34 AM, Ramesh Shanmugasundaram wrote:
> > This patch adds support for the CAN FD controller found in Renesas
> > R-Car SoCs. The controller operates in CAN FD mode by default. Two
> > test modes are available and can be enabled by the
> > "rcar_canfd.testmode" module parameter. Refer to Documentation/kernel-
> parameters.txt.
> 
> (..)
> 
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> > +#include <linux/debugfs.h>
> > +
> > +static int rcar_canfd_showregs(struct seq_file *s, void *data) {
> > +	struct rcar_canfd_channel *priv = s->private;
> > +	u32 ch = priv->channel;
> > +	u32 rf = ch + RCANFD_RFFIFO_IDX;
> > +	u32 cf = RCANFD_CFFIFO_IDX;
> > +	u32 val, offset, i;
> > +
> > +	if (testmode)
> > +		seq_printf(s, "RCANFD : testmode = %d\n", testmode);
> > +	seq_printf(s, "RCANFD register dump: channel %u\n", ch);
> > +	seq_printf(s, "%-40s: %x\n", "g: cfg",
> > +		   rcar_canfd_read(priv, RCANFD_GCFG));
> 
> Why do you think you would need this kind of register dumps in debugfs?
> 
> This could be interesting for development purposes - but in production
> drivers this is pretty unusual and needless.

I thought it would be useful when we add more features to the driver (e.g. Gateway mode).
 
> 
> I would sugest to remove either the testmode (already suggested by Marc)
> and this register dump stuff.

OK. I'll remove both.

Thanks,
Ramesh