Hello again,
On 22/10/2019 20:39, Klaus Kusche wrote:
> Hello,
>
> every time I boot my dell notebook (with Wi-Fi 6 AX200), I get the error message
> "iwlwifi 0000:6f:00.0: BIOS contains WGDS but no WRDS".
>
> This is the only message which such a high log level I get while booting,
> it is the only message which is displayed on all text consoles on boot,
> and it is the only message which makes my automated logchecker nervous each time.
>
> However, iwlwifi works perfectly fine for wifi in spite of the message
> (and bluetooth has deliberately been disabled in the bios settings
> for security reasons),
> and there is absolutely nothing I could do about the message
> (I have no influence what dell does in their bios and what they don't).
> Internet wisdom also says that the message is just annoying and
> can be safely ignored.
>
> Hence, the message is not an error at all ("error" being defined as
> "something definitely failed, manual intervention required for correct operation").
> It does not even qualify as a warning ("warning" being defined as
> "something is likely to fail, manual checking recommended").
>
> So please set the log level of that message down to "info"
> (besides, the message text is completely cryptic and uninformative,
> I still don't know what this message wants to tell me,
> although I searched the internet).
Discussed this with Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxxx.
He also wants this to be patched:
On 29/10/2019 22:43, Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Dell Customer Communication - Confidential
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Klaus Kusche <klaus.kusche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>...
>> When booting, there is a single kernel message of loglevel error
>> which stands out in red in journalctl
>> and which gets displayed on all text consoles (very annoying):
>>
>> kernel: iwlwifi 0000:6f:00.0: BIOS contains WGDS but no WRDS
>
> If possible, you should probably submit a patch to iwlwifi driver to downgrade this message to
> debug. It really isn't useful to many people typically.
So here comes a patch:
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c 2019-10-19 09:21:14.541422680 +0200
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c 2019-10-27 14:43:43.990623338 +0100
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@
* available, issue an error, because we can't use SAR
* Geo without basic SAR.
*/
- IWL_ERR(mvm, "BIOS contains WGDS but no WRDS\n");
+ IWL_INFO(mvm, "BIOS contains WGDS but no WRDS\n");
}
if (ret < 0)
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