linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] iwlwifi: yoyo: don't print failure if debug firmware is missing

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Message-ID: <b500e3f5-6ac7-a96e-bcb9-6fd30f3c5fe0@molgen.mpg.de>
Date:   Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:27:16 +0100
From:   Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     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>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] iwlwifi: yoyo: don't print failure if debug firmware
 is missing

[Sorry, I did not know where and how to import the thread, and only got 
the first message from Patchwork.]


Dear Linux folks,


Am 25.06.20 um 18:52 schrieb Wolfram Sang:
> Missing this firmware is not fatal, my wifi card still works. Even more,
> I couldn't find any documentation what it is or where to get it. So, I
> don't think the users should be notified if it is missing. If you browse
> the net, you see the message is present is in quite some logs. Better
> remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>
> ---
> 
> This is only build tested because I wanted to get your opinions first. I
> couldn't find any explanation about yoyo, so I am entering unknown
> territory here.

[…]

Despite commit 3f4600de8c93 (iwlwifi: yoyo: don't print failure if debug 
firmware is missing) being in Linux since version 5.9-rc1, I am still 
seeing this with Debian’s Linux 5.9.9.


Kind regards,

Paul