2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index e23c554b73a..e7dc8b92db6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -4296,9 +4296,8 @@ static int iwl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
         /* Disabling hardware scan means that mac80211 will perform scans
          * "the hard way", rather than using device's scan. */
         if (cfg->mod_params->disable_hw_scan) {
-                if (iwl_debug_level & IWL_DL_INFO)
-                        dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &(pdev->dev),
-                                   "Disabling hw_scan\n");
+                dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &(pdev->dev),
+                        "sw scan support is deprecated\n");
                 iwl_hw_ops.hw_scan = NULL;
         }
 
@@ -4905,7 +4904,8 @@ module_param_named(fw_restart, iwlagn_mod_params.restart_fw, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(fw_restart, "restart firmware in case of error");
 module_param_named(
         disable_hw_scan, iwlagn_mod_params.disable_hw_scan, int, S_IRUGO);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_hw_scan, "disable hardware scanning (default 0)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_hw_scan,
+                 "disable hardware scanning (default 0) (deprecated)");
 
 module_param_named(ucode_alternative, iwlagn_wanted_ucode_alternative, int,
                    S_IRUGO);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index 116777122a7..8b6aa3d38db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -3966,7 +3966,7 @@ static int iwl3945_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *e
          * "the hard way", rather than using device's scan.
          */
         if (iwl3945_mod_params.disable_hw_scan) {
-                IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "Disabling hw_scan\n");
+                IWL_ERR(priv, "sw scan support is deprecated\n");
                 iwl3945_hw_ops.hw_scan = NULL;
         }
 
@@ -4291,7 +4291,8 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "debug output mask");
 #endif
 module_param_named(disable_hw_scan, iwl3945_mod_params.disable_hw_scan,
                    int, S_IRUGO);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_hw_scan, "disable hardware scanning (default 0)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_hw_scan,
+                 "disable hardware scanning (default 0) (deprecated)");
 module_param_named(fw_restart3945, iwl3945_mod_params.restart_fw, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(fw_restart3945, "restart firmware in case of error");