From: Bjørn Mork Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 07:31:54 +0000 (+0200) Subject: USB: serial: generic driver is only for testing X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3a2300385f601fbd8aed67555a1a3fef5b3d4d10;p=~shefty%2Frdma-dev.git USB: serial: generic driver is only for testing Make some noise during probe to make sure the users are aware of the intended purpose of this driver. Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c index 130a57351c6..846506f05e1 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c @@ -845,6 +845,8 @@ static int usb_serial_probe(struct usb_interface *interface, module_put(type->driver.owner); return -EIO; } + dev_info(&interface->dev, "The \"generic\" usb-serial driver is only for testing and one-off prototypes.\n"); + dev_info(&interface->dev, "Tell linux-usb@vger.kernel.org to add your device to a proper driver.\n"); } #endif if (!num_ports) {