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authorStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2009-02-03 17:54:31 +0100
committerStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2009-02-06 15:52:28 +0100
commit86431532ec4311dccd0d7513cebae6ffc762756b (patch)
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ieee1394: dv1394: move deprecation message from module init to file open
On many Linux installations, the dv1394 driver will be auto-loaded whenever an AV/C device (e.g. camcorder or audio device) is plugged in. An irritating message would then appear in the kernel log. Defer this message to until a dv1394 character device file is actually used by a program. Also include the program name in the message and update the message slightly. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/ieee1394')
-rw-r--r--drivers/ieee1394/dv1394.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/dv1394.c b/drivers/ieee1394/dv1394.c
index a329e6bd5d2..3838bc4acab 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/dv1394.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/dv1394.c
@@ -1823,6 +1823,10 @@ static int dv1394_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
#endif
+ printk(KERN_INFO "%s: NOTE, the dv1394 interface is unsupported "
+ "and will not be available in the new firewire driver stack. "
+ "Try libraw1394 based programs instead.\n", current->comm);
+
return 0;
}
@@ -2567,10 +2571,6 @@ static int __init dv1394_init_module(void)
{
int ret;
- printk(KERN_WARNING
- "NOTE: The dv1394 driver is unsupported and may be removed in a "
- "future Linux release. Use raw1394 instead.\n");
-
cdev_init(&dv1394_cdev, &dv1394_fops);
dv1394_cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
ret = cdev_add(&dv1394_cdev, IEEE1394_DV1394_DEV, 16);