[PATCH] drm/msm/adreno: Soften no-firmware message
From: Rob Clark
Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 20:16:17 EST
It isn't _necessarily_ an error, the driver will try again each time the
device file is opened. But if you don't have GPU fw in the initrd, you
end up seeing this error message at least once. Which seems to confuse
users. So try to re-word it slightly.
Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robin.clark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
index 5832dc25d6bf..6db6cb7eb287 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ adreno_request_fw(struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu, const char *fwname)
adreno_gpu->fwloc = FW_LOCATION_NEW;
goto out;
} else if (adreno_gpu->fwloc != FW_LOCATION_UNKNOWN) {
- DRM_DEV_ERROR(drm->dev, "failed to load %s: %d\n",
+ DRM_DEV_INFO(drm->dev, "failed to load %s: %d (will try again later)\n",
newname, ret);
fw = ERR_PTR(ret);
goto out;
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ adreno_request_fw(struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu, const char *fwname)
adreno_gpu->fwloc = FW_LOCATION_LEGACY;
goto out;
} else if (adreno_gpu->fwloc != FW_LOCATION_UNKNOWN) {
- DRM_DEV_ERROR(drm->dev, "failed to load %s: %d\n",
+ DRM_DEV_INFO(drm->dev, "failed to load %s: %d (will try again later)\n",
fwname, ret);
fw = ERR_PTR(ret);
goto out;
@@ -599,14 +599,14 @@ adreno_request_fw(struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu, const char *fwname)
adreno_gpu->fwloc = FW_LOCATION_HELPER;
goto out;
} else if (adreno_gpu->fwloc != FW_LOCATION_UNKNOWN) {
- DRM_DEV_ERROR(drm->dev, "failed to load %s: %d\n",
+ DRM_DEV_INFO(drm->dev, "failed to load %s: %d (will try again later)\n",
newname, ret);
fw = ERR_PTR(ret);
goto out;
}
}
- DRM_DEV_ERROR(drm->dev, "failed to load %s\n", fwname);
+ DRM_DEV_INFO(drm->dev, "failed to load %s (will try again later)\n", fwname);
fw = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
out:
kfree(newname);
--
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