From 9a3be324e3d9da08219d81d6765f445a726cf962 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:59:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] 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 <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 1fef7df8c9d6..9fd4a8534146 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",
--
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