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

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Date:   Sun, 26 Jul 2020 21:11:25 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
        Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>,
        Intel Linux Wireless <linuxwifi@...el.com>,
        "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

Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org> writes:

> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 06:52:10PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
>> 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>
>> ---
>
> Any input on this? Or people I should add to CC?

This was discussed on another thread:

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87mu3magfp.fsf@tynnyri.adurom.net

Unless Intel folks object I'm planning to take this to
wireless-drivers-next.

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https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches