rt2860 (rt3562sta.ko) driver spams dmesg constantly - how to turn off ?

[interzoneuk]

Hi.

In order to get my Wireless card working Add-on: NWP210: http://www.addon-tech.com/new/support_info.php?id=102 ) I needed to install the ra-link driver - I have the latest from http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2 (RT3062PCI/mPCI/CB/PCIe(RT3060/RT3062/RT3562/RT3592))

The wlan card is working fine except I have a huge amount of logging info in dmesg/syslog

i.e:-

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Mar 8 16:50:00 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3301.106270] MediaState is connected
Mar 8 16:50:00 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3301.106303] ==>rt_ioctl_giwmode(mode=2)
Mar 8 16:50:00 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3301.106320] ==>rt_ioctl_giwfreq 6
Mar 8 16:50:00 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3301.106356] rt28xx_get_wireless_stats --->
Mar 8 16:50:00 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3301.106361] <--- rt28xx_get_wireless_stats
Mar 8 16:50:06 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3307.103722] MediaState is connected
Mar 8 16:50:06 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3307.103755] ==>rt_ioctl_giwmode(mode=2)
Mar 8 16:50:06 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3307.103771] ==>rt_ioctl_giwfreq 6
Mar 8 16:50:06 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3307.103808] rt28xx_get_wireless_stats --->
Mar 8 16:50:06 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3307.103813] <--- rt28xx_get_wireless_stats
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.107004] MediaState is connected
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.107038] ==>rt_ioctl_giwmode(mode=2)
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.107055] ==>rt_ioctl_giwfreq 6
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.107092] rt28xx_get_wireless_stats --->
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.107096] <--- rt28xx_get_wireless_stats
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.107898] rt_ioctl_siwscan:: req.essid_len-9, essid-interzone
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.108131] SCANNING, suspend MSDU transmission ...
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.110202] MlmeScanReqAction -- Send PSM Data frame for off channel RM, SCAN_IN_PROGRESS=1!
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.129526] SYNC - BBP R4 to 20MHz.l
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.131622] RT35xx: SwitchChannel#1(RF=8, Pwr0=26, Pwr1=24, 2T), N=0xF1, K=0x02, R=0x02
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.274115] RT35xx: SwitchChannel#2(RF=8, Pwr0=26, Pwr1=24, 2T), N=0xF1, K=0x07, R=0x02
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.418229] RT35xx: SwitchChannel#3(RF=8, Pwr0=26, Pwr1=24, 2T), N=0xF2, K=0x02, R=0x02
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.558629] RT35xx: SwitchChannel#4(RF=8, Pwr0=26, Pwr1=24, 2T), N=0xF2, K=0x07, R=0x02
Mar 8 16:50:12 morgan-desktop kernel: [ 3313.702615] RT35xx: SwitchChannel#5(RF=8, Pwr0=26, Pwr1=24, 2T), N=0xF3, K=0x02, R=0x02

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here is lshw output:-

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sudo lshw -c network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RaLink
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:01:07.0
logical name: ra0
version: 00
serial: c8:3a:35:c6:46:ef
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=RALINK WLAN driverversion=2.4.1.1 ip=192.168.1.100 latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 multicast=yes wireless=Ralink STA
resources: irq:19 memory:fc000000-fc00ffff
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As mentioned wlan is working well I just need to turn off the debug msg's.

Can anyone help?

cheers

[plco]

In os/linux/config.mk look for -DDBG and remove that flag. Unfortunately that change only removes part of the debugging information, still you'll be getting less spam.