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| author | Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com> | 2008-04-29 07:59:35 (GMT) |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-04-29 15:06:05 (GMT) |
| commit | 9a3be324e3d9da08219d81d6765f445a726cf962 (patch) | |
| tree | e17748b7ff5a40c939713286f706bcff0e29d456 /drivers/base/firmware_class.c | |
| parent | 66e106010db689fdbdbd7ae738b115dae5f521e4 (diff) | |
| download | linux-fsl-qoriq-9a3be324e3d9da08219d81d6765f445a726cf962.tar.xz | |
firmware loader: printk when requesting firmware
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.
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/firmware_class.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | 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", |