linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Driver core: Reduce the level of request

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Date:	Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:25:11 +0530
From:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderlinux@...il.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Driver core: Reduce the level of request_firmware() 
	messages

Hello Rafael,

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 March 2010, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
>> Hello Rafael,
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:57 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> 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()
>
> Yes, I guess so.
>
> OK, I'll rework the patch.
>

Good, so you need to prepare printk_once() with condition like in our
case so that it prints once for a particular name.

Thanks,
--
Jaswinder Singh.
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