Log "no link during initialization" at KERN_INFO as it's not an error, and occurs every time the interface comes up (when the forcedeth-phy-power-down patch is applied). Signed-off-by: Ed Swierk Index: linux-2.6.22.6/drivers/net/forcedeth.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.22.6.orig/drivers/net/forcedeth.c +++ linux-2.6.22.6/drivers/net/forcedeth.c @@ -4920,7 +4920,7 @@ static int nv_open(struct net_device *de if (ret) { netif_carrier_on(dev); } else { - printk("%s: no link during initialization.\n", dev->name); + printk(KERN_INFO "%s: no link during initialization.\n", dev->name); netif_carrier_off(dev); } if (oom)