From: Jiri Slaby Be more verbose on fw load fail as noted by Oyvind. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby Cc: Oyvind Aabling Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/char/moxa.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/char/moxa.c~char-moxa-add-firmware-loading-fix drivers/char/moxa.c --- a/drivers/char/moxa.c~char-moxa-add-firmware-loading-fix +++ a/drivers/char/moxa.c @@ -846,7 +846,10 @@ static int moxa_init_board(struct moxa_b ret = request_firmware(&fw, file, dev); if (ret) { - printk(KERN_ERR "request_firmware failed\n"); + printk(KERN_ERR "MOXA: request_firmware failed. Make sure " + "you've placed '%s' file into your firmware " + "loader directory (e.g. /lib/firmware)\n", + file); goto err_free; } _