Messages in this thread | | | From | Jarod Wilson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: Remove KERN_ERR output if nForce2 chipset not found | Date | Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:06:04 -0500 |
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On Friday 06 March 2009 15:55:56 Roland Dreier wrote: > Distribution kernels are building cpufreq drivers into the kernel to get > faster boot; if the nForce2 driver is built in, then on systems that are > not supported by the driver (ie nearly all current systems), the message > > cpufreq: No nForce2 chipset. > > is printed at the KERN_ERR level, which means it goes to the console > even if quiet boot is turned on. > > The best way to handle this is just to delete the message, since the > likelihood of it ever being of any use to anyone is very low, and other > cpufreq drivers don't print anything if no matching hardware is found. > > Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
Nb: Matthew Garrett submitted a similar-but-different patch a week or two ago on the cpufreq list that demoted the message to KERN_INFO.
-- Jarod Wilson jarod@redhat.com
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