[PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Silence useless log output

Larry Finger Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net
Thu Feb 11 16:56:22 UTC 2016


When driver rtl8821ae is loaded but not connected to any AP, it logs
a "firmware not ready to run" message roughly once a minute. To
eliminate logging this massage under normal debug conditions, the
degug level needed to print this message is increased.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net>
---

Kalle,

This patch is intended for kernel 4.6.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/fw.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/fw.c
index 525eb23..a4fc70e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/fw.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ int rtl8821ae_download_fw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, bool buse_wake_on_wlan_fw)
 
 	err = _rtl8821ae_fw_free_to_go(hw);
 	if (err) {
-		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG,
+		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_DMESG,
 			 "Firmware is not ready to run!\n");
 	} else {
 		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_FW, DBG_LOUD,
-- 
2.1.4



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