printk(KERN_x...) vs dev_x()

[Alan Cox]

> At some places in the code, there is no valid 'dev' pointer to pass to
> dev_xx() macro, at such places is it ok to use printk(KERN_XXX...)?

pr_debug() is the equivalent you want. Ideally tweak the code so the dev
pointer is available. I know that right now is a bit of a problem in a
few cases (some tty stuff for example only just acquired a usable dev
pointer)

Alan
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