1 From 1c105bacb160b5918e917ab811552b7be69fc69c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
2 From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
3 Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 22:29:39 +0200
4 Subject: [PATCH] r8169: avoid duplicated messages if loading firmware fails
5 and switch to warn level
7 In case of a problem with firmware loading we inform at the driver level,
8 in addition the firmware load code itself issues warnings. Therefore
9 switch to firmware_request_nowarn() to avoid duplicated error messages.
10 In addition switch to warn level because the firmware is optional and
11 typically just fixes compatibility issues.
13 Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
14 Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
15 Message-ID: <d9c5094c-89a6-40e2-b5fe-8df7df4624ef@gmail.com>
16 Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
18 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_firmware.c | 6 +++---
19 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
21 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_firmware.c
22 +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_firmware.c
23 @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ int rtl_fw_request_firmware(struct rtl_f
27 - rc = request_firmware(&rtl_fw->fw, rtl_fw->fw_name, rtl_fw->dev);
28 + rc = firmware_request_nowarn(&rtl_fw->fw, rtl_fw->fw_name, rtl_fw->dev);
32 @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ int rtl_fw_request_firmware(struct rtl_f
36 - dev_err(rtl_fw->dev, "Unable to load firmware %s (%d)\n",
37 - rtl_fw->fw_name, rc);
38 + dev_warn(rtl_fw->dev, "Unable to load firmware %s (%d)\n",
39 + rtl_fw->fw_name, rc);