Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Ciaran McCreesh <> | Subject | [RFC, PATCH] printk when requesting firmware | Date | Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:33:37 +0100 |
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Before requesting firmware, printk a message saying what we're requesting. This makes it easier to see what's going on, and provides an explanation for the huge silent delay that one would otherwise get after accidentally building ipw2200 as a non-module. --- drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c index 1fef7df..9fd4a85 100644 --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c @@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name, if (!firmware_p) return -EINVAL; + printk(KERN_INFO "firmware: requesting %s\n", name); + *firmware_p = firmware = kzalloc(sizeof(*firmware), GFP_KERNEL); if (!firmware) { printk(KERN_ERR "%s: kmalloc(struct firmware) failed\n", -- 1.5.4.2
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