netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] iwlwifi: Demote messages about fw flags size to info

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Date:   Tue, 8 Aug 2017 08:21:09 +0000
From:   "Coelho, Luciano" <luciano.coelho@...el.com>
To:     linuxwifi <linuxwifi@...el.com>,
        "kvalo@...eaurora.org" <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "jprvita@...il.com" <jprvita@...il.com>,
        "Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        "Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>
CC:     "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux@...lessm.com" <linux@...lessm.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "jprvita@...lessm.com" <jprvita@...lessm.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] iwlwifi: Demote messages about fw flags size to info

On Thu, 2017-08-03 at 07:47 -0700, João Paulo Rechi Vita wrote:
> These messages are not reporting a real error, just the fact that the
> firmware knows about more flags than the driver.
> 
> Currently these messages are presented to the user during boot if there
> is no bootsplash covering the console, even when booting the kernel with
> "quiet".
> 
> Demoting it to the warn level helps having a clean boot process.
> 
> Signed-off-by: João Paulo Rechi Vita <jprvita@...lessm.com>
> ---
> 
> v2 changes:
>  - Set to warn level instead of info
> 
> v3 changes:
>  - Fix commit message typo

Thanks, João Paulo! I pushed this to our internal tree and it will
eventually reach the mainline following our normal upstreaming process.

--
Cheers,
Luca.