From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> Although the device links created by acpi_bind_one() are not essential from the kernel functionality point of view, user space may be confused when they are missing, so print diagnostic messages to the kernel log if they can't be created. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/glue.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/glue.c =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/glue.c +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/glue.c @@ -252,8 +252,15 @@ int acpi_bind_one(struct device *dev, ac acpi_physnode_link_name(physical_node_name, node_id); retval = sysfs_create_link(&acpi_dev->dev.kobj, &dev->kobj, physical_node_name); + if (retval) + dev_err(&acpi_dev->dev, "Failed to create link %s (%d)\n", + physical_node_name, retval); + retval = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &acpi_dev->dev.kobj, "firmware_node"); + if (retval) + dev_err(dev, "Failed to create link firmware_node (%d)\n", + retval); mutex_unlock(&acpi_dev->physical_node_lock); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html