From 9a3be324e3d9da08219d81d6765f445a726cf962 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ciaran McCreesh Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:59:35 -0700 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/base/firmware_class.c') diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c index 1fef7df8c9d..9fd4a853414 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", -- cgit v1.2.3