[PATCH] pr_debug() should not be used in drivers

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pr_debug() should not be used from drivers, add comment saying that.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <[email protected]>

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 181c69c..1b5f238 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
 extern void dump_stack(void);
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
+/* If you are writing a driver, please use dev_dbg, instead */
 #define pr_debug(fmt,arg...) \
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG fmt,##arg)
 #else

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