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

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Message-ID: <20100315234424.GA4008@suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:44:24 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderlinux@...il.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	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

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 05:04:09AM +0530, 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()

No, I'd rather use dev_dbg() that way we can dynamically turn it on and
off as needed.  I took Rafael's original patch.

Funny thing is, someone else also sent the same patch, so there must be
others wanting this change :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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