linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] iwlwifi: Demote messages about fw flags size to info

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Message-ID: <063D6719AE5E284EB5DD2968C1650D6DD004A3CC@AcuExch.aculab.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Aug 2017 14:36:48 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'João Paulo Rechi Vita' <jprvita@...il.com>,
        "Johannes Berg" <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
        Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>,
        "Intel Linux Wireless" <linuxwifi@...el.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
CC:     "linux@...lessm.com" <linux@...lessm.com>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        João Paulo Rechi Vita <jprvita@...lessm.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] iwlwifi: Demote messages about fw flags size to info

From: João Paulo Rechi Vita
> Sent: 03 August 2017 15:30
> These messages are not reporting a real error, just the fact that the
> firmware knows about more flags then the driver.
                                  than
> 
> 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: Joo Paulo Rechi Vita <jprvita@...lessm.com>

	David