This driver user KERN_ALERT for logging of normal messages (boards becomes available, memory was successfully allocated). Using ALERT (="Something bad happened and action must be taken immediately") level results in a wall of red text from dmesg which sends a wrong message to people seeing it.
Preferably the driver should be also converted to use the new dynamic-logging functions, such as dev_dbg(): https://lwn.net/Articles/434833/
This driver user KERN_ALERT for logging of normal messages (boards becomes available, memory was successfully allocated). Using ALERT (="Something bad happened and action must be taken immediately") level results in a wall of red text from
dmesgwhich sends a wrong message to people seeing it.Preferably the driver should be also converted to use the new dynamic-logging functions, such as
dev_dbg(): https://lwn.net/Articles/434833/