With current linus git, Fusion MPT driver prints out unnecessary new lines.
[ 2.090255] Fusion MPT base driver 3.04.20 [ 2.090257] Copyright (c) 1999-2008 LSI Corporation [ 2.090262] Fusion MPT SPI Host driver 3.04.20 [ 2.090979] mptbase: ioc0: Initiating bringup [ 2.196306] ioc0: [ 2.196310] LSI53C1030 B0: [ 2.196312] Capabilities={ [ 2.196313] Initiator [ 2.196314] } I modified set of printk()s to pr_cont to fix the problem. Not sure if it's correct, but now I can see the message as previous. [ 2.404271] Fusion MPT base driver 3.04.20 [ 2.404274] Copyright (c) 1999-2008 LSI Corporation [ 2.404279] Fusion MPT SPI Host driver 3.04.20 [ 2.405037] mptbase: ioc0: Initiating bringup [ 2.509568] ioc0: LSI53C1030 B0: Capabilities={Initiator} diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c index 89c7ed1..0d434de 100644 --- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c +++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c @@ -2866,23 +2866,23 @@ MptDisplayIocCapabilities(MPT_ADAPTER *ioc) { int i = 0; - printk(KERN_INFO "%s: ", ioc->name); + pr_cont(KERN_INFO "%s: ", ioc->name); if (ioc->prod_name) - printk("%s: ", ioc->prod_name); - printk("Capabilities={"); + pr_cont("%s: ", ioc->prod_name); + pr_cont("Capabilities={"); if (ioc->pfacts[0].ProtocolFlags & MPI_PORTFACTS_PROTOCOL_INITIATOR) { - printk("Initiator"); + pr_cont("Initiator"); i++; } if (ioc->pfacts[0].ProtocolFlags & MPI_PORTFACTS_PROTOCOL_TARGET) { - printk("%sTarget", i ? "," : ""); + pr_cont("%sTarget", i ? "," : ""); i++; } if (ioc->pfacts[0].ProtocolFlags & MPI_PORTFACTS_PROTOCOL_LAN) { - printk("%sLAN", i ? "," : ""); + pr_cont("%sLAN", i ? "," : ""); i++; } @@ -2891,12 +2891,11 @@ MptDisplayIocCapabilities(MPT_ADAPTER *ioc) * This would probably evoke more questions than it's worth */ if (ioc->pfacts[0].ProtocolFlags & MPI_PORTFACTS_PROTOCOL_TARGET) { - printk("%sLogBusAddr", i ? "," : ""); + pr_cont("%sLogBusAddr", i ? "," : ""); i++; } #endif - - printk("}\n"); + pr_cont("}\n"); } /*=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=*/