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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 <bjorn@mork.no>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Bjørn Mork 13 years ago
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      drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c

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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) {