Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 17:54:31 +0100 (CET) From: Stefan Richter Subject: 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 --- drivers/ieee1394/dv1394.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: linux/drivers/ieee1394/dv1394.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/ieee1394/dv1394.c +++ linux/drivers/ieee1394/dv1394.c @@ -1823,6 +1823,10 @@ static int dv1394_open(struct inode *ino #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(voi { 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);