firmware loader: printk when requesting firmware

Before requesting firmware, printk a message saying what we're requesting. This
makes it easier to see what's going on, and provides an explanation for the
huge silent delay that one would otherwise get after accidentally building
ipw2200 as a non-module.

Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 1fef7df8c9d601417312c088a6c0b8b9351646c8..9fd4a8534146e1747160e0a987fe8e4224eae01f 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
        if (!firmware_p)
                return -EINVAL;
 
+       printk(KERN_INFO "firmware: requesting %s\n", name);
+
        *firmware_p = firmware = kzalloc(sizeof(*firmware), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!firmware) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: kmalloc(struct firmware) failed\n",