> Matthew Harrell wrote:
>
> > : Feb 14 07:55:02 tower kernel: loading device 'eth1'...
> > : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > I think what it really means is that it is checking for eth1. Notice the
> > first message about loading eth0 and then it finds a ne2000? The message
> > is deceptive, though.
> >
>
> Yes, but it says LOADING and not checking. In the 2.0.xx kernel you do not
> get that message.
>
> Conclusion: It's wrong, so it should be fixed. The kernel should say nothing
> there. I hope that the coders agree with me.
I'd delete the message too, since all drivers have some sort of verbosity
at init time. However I believe the original purpose of it was to give
some sort of a message in case a module silently hangs the machine.
In that case, simply changing "loading" to "probing for" should keep
everybody happy. Furthermore, stick a KERN_INFO in front of it so you
can keep it off the console depending on your log level.
Paul.
--- linux-2126/drivers/net/net_init.c Mon Feb 3 00:18:40 1997
+++ linux/drivers/net/net_init.c Sat Feb 15 14:17:02 1997
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
for (i = 0; i < MAX_ETH_CARDS; ++i)
if (ethdev_index[i] == NULL) {
sprintf(dev->name, "eth%d", i);
- printk("loading device '%s'...\n", dev->name);
+ printk(KERN_INFO "probing for device '%s'...\n", dev->name);
ethdev_index[i] = dev;
break;
}