Hi, On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 1:32 AM, Paul Bolle <pebo...@tiscali.nl> wrote: > 0) Booting v3.13-rc1 and v3.13-rc2 triggers two new warnings on an > (outdated, I'm afraid) ThinkPad X41: > [...] > <6>[ 16.746119] libipw: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13 > <6>[ 16.746125] libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation > <jketr...@linux.intel.com> > <4>[ 16.761998] platform microcode: Direct firmware load failed with > error -2 > <4>[ 16.762022] platform microcode: Falling back to user helper > <6>[ 16.787885] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network > Driver, 1.2.2kmprq > <6>[ 16.787895] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation > <6>[ 16.788741] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network > Connection > [...] > > (I've added the surrounding lines because they suggest this is about the > firmware for that wireless device. Please note that this device appears > to work no worse than it did under v3.12.) > > 1) These warnings can be traced back to commit 3e358ac2bb5b ("firmware: > Be a bit more verbose about direct firmware loading failure").
Yes, the warning was introduced in the commit since Neil thought it is needed. > > 2) Is there something I'm supposed to do to silence these warnings? If > so, what would that be? If not, can these messages perhaps be downgraded > to dev_info or dev_notice? Currently the messages are dumped via dev_warn(), and it is a bit difficult to make policy about the warning: sounds like Neil need them, and you don't like them, :-) Thanks, -- Ming Lei -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/