Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: Demote messages about fw flags size to info

From: JoÃo Paulo Rechi Vita
Date: Tue Aug 01 2017 - 18:59:01 EST


Hello Luca,

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 4:01 AM, Coelho, Luciano
<luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 07:51 -0700, JoÃo Paulo Rechi Vita wrote:

(...)

>> Currently these messages are presented to the user during boot if there
>> is no bootsplash covering the console, sometimes even if the boot splash
>> is enabled but has not started yet by the time this message is shown.
>>

I should have provided another piece of information here: all of this
happens even when booting with the 'quiet' kernel parameter.

> This specific case is harmless, but I'd rather keep this message as an
> error, because in other situations it could lead to unexpected
> behavioir, so I prefer to keep it very visible.
>
>

I see your point, and I understand the purpose of these messages. I'm
wondering if perhaps having them at the warning level would give them
enough visibility, while still keeping a clean boot process to the end
user. If so, I can send an updated patch.

Thanks for your reply and for pointing to the fix for the root cause
of that message.

Cheers,

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