linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: Remove KERN_ERR output if nForce2 chipset not found

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Message-Id: <200903061606.05975.jarod@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:06:04 -0500
From:	Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Cc:	davej@...hat.com, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: Remove KERN_ERR output if nForce2 chipset not found

On Friday 06 March 2009 15:55:56 Roland Dreier wrote:
> Distribution kernels are building cpufreq drivers into the kernel to get
> faster boot; if the nForce2 driver is built in, then on systems that are
> not supported by the driver (ie nearly all current systems), the message
> 
>     cpufreq: No nForce2 chipset.
> 
> is printed at the KERN_ERR level, which means it goes to the console
> even if quiet boot is turned on.
> 
> The best way to handle this is just to delete the message, since the
> likelihood of it ever being of any use to anyone is very low, and other
> cpufreq drivers don't print anything if no matching hardware is found.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>

Nb: Matthew Garrett submitted a similar-but-different patch a week or
two ago on the cpufreq list that demoted the message to KERN_INFO.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod@...hat.com
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