Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: do not spam the kernel log

From: Philipp Hortmann
Date: Mon Aug 08 2022 - 17:41:00 EST


On 8/8/22 08:50, Michael Straube wrote:
Drivers should not spam the kernel log if they work properly. Convert
the functions Hal_EfuseParseIDCode88E() and _netdev_open() to use
netdev_dbg() instead of pr_info() so that developers can still enable
it if they want to see this information.

Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_hal_init.c | 3 ++-
drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_hal_init.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_hal_init.c
index 5b8f1a912bbb..58a193334b91 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_hal_init.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_hal_init.c
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ Hal_EfuseParseIDCode88E(
)
{
struct eeprom_priv *pEEPROM = &padapter->eeprompriv;
+ struct net_device *netdev = padapter->pnetdev;
u16 EEPROMId;
/* Check 0x8129 again for making sure autoload status!! */
@@ -699,7 +700,7 @@ Hal_EfuseParseIDCode88E(
pEEPROM->bautoload_fail_flag = false;
}
- pr_info("EEPROM ID = 0x%04x\n", EEPROMId);
+ netdev_dbg(netdev, "EEPROM ID = 0x%04x\n", EEPROMId);
}
static void Hal_ReadPowerValueFromPROM_8188E(struct txpowerinfo24g *pwrInfo24G, u8 *PROMContent, bool AutoLoadFail)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
index cac9553666e6..22e91657f3fb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ int _netdev_open(struct net_device *pnetdev)
if (status == _FAIL)
goto netdev_open_error;
- pr_info("MAC Address = %pM\n", pnetdev->dev_addr);
+ netdev_dbg(pnetdev, "MAC Address = %pM\n", pnetdev->dev_addr);
status = rtw_start_drv_threads(padapter);
if (status == _FAIL) {

Tested-by: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@xxxxxxxxx> # Edimax N150