Re: [PATCH] Driver core: Reduce the level of request_firmware()messages

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Mar 15 2010 - 19:45:55 EST


On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 05:04:09AM +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> Hello Rafael,
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:57 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I still think it's a good idea.  The information about what firmware is being
> > used doesn't seem to be very useful for anything but debugging, so I think
> > KERN_DEBUG is actually the right level for these messages.
> >
>
> Can we use printk_once()

No, I'd rather use dev_dbg() that way we can dynamically turn it on and
off as needed. I took Rafael's original patch.

Funny thing is, someone else also sent the same patch, so there must be
others wanting this change :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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