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SubjectRe: [PATCH] cpufreq: Remove KERN_ERR output if nForce2 chipset not found
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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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