Re: [PATCH v4] staging: greybus: bootrom: replace dev_info with dev_dbg for firmware name

From: Greg KH

Date: Thu Apr 30 2026 - 14:02:09 EST


On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 01:54:36PM -0400, Bentley Blacketer wrote:
> The original dev_info call was intentionally temporary, with a FIXME
> comment noting it should be downgraded to dev_dbg once modules with
> valid VID/PID values were common. Project Ara was cancelled in 2016,
> so that time has long passed.

But other systems are now using greybus, and there was at least 2
different phone models that shipped with this code. So are you sure
that there is no user for this anymore?

>
> Remove the FIXME comment and downgrade to dev_dbg as originally intended.
>
> Tested via code inspection only, as Project Ara hardware is no longer
> available.

You can run greybus on a beaglebone device today.

> Signed-off-by: Bentley Blacketer <sonionwhat@xxxxxxxxx>

You have an extra ' ' in there still.

> ---
> Changes in v4:
> - Fixed duplicate Signed-off-by
> - Fixed missing tab on snprintf line
> Changes in v3:
> - Fixed author name mismatch
> Changes in v2:
> - Fixed whitespace issues
> - Moved testing note below --- line
>
> drivers/staging/greybus/bootrom.c | 7 +------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/bootrom.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/bootrom.c
> index 83921d90c..9e0f24d6d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/bootrom.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/bootrom.c
> @@ -168,13 +168,8 @@ static int find_firmware(struct gb_bootrom *bootrom, u8 stage)
> intf->ddbl1_manufacturer_id, intf->ddbl1_product_id,
> intf->vendor_id, intf->product_id);
>
> - // FIXME:
> - // Turn to dev_dbg later after everyone has valid bootloaders with good
> - // ids, but leave this as dev_info for now to make it easier to track
> - // down "empty" vid/pid modules.
> - dev_info(&connection->bundle->dev, "Firmware file '%s' requested\n",
> + dev_dbg(&connection->bundle->dev, "Firmware file '%s' requested\n",
> firmware_name);
> -

Why did you drop the blank line too?

thanks,

greg k-h