linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] e1000e: Fix PCIE error message

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Date:	Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:28:54 +0200
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	Tim Gardner <timg@....com>
Cc:	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, bruce.w.allan@...el.com,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	john.ronciak@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000e: Fix PCIE error message

Tim Gardner wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] e1000e: Fix PCIE error message
> 
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436370
> 
> The error returned by pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting() is ignored, so
> print a notice instead of an error. Users tends to freak out
> when they see messages like this.

There's already a patch in the pipeline that removes the error message 
completely. See http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/21/39 for the final version.

I'm not sure why it isn't included in 2.6.31 yet as it was acked by Jeff.

Cheers.
FJP
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