ArduPilot / ArduPilot/ardupilot

syslog, kern.log, messages are filled

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Description

running copter 3.7 dev:

Ardupilot seems to be filling up the disk with log messages in /var/log/kern.log /var/log/syslog and /var/log/messages.

Most of the messages are like the following.
```
[ 481.993933] rcio spi1.0: rcio_pwm: requested update on 1 to 50
[ 481.994056] rcio spi1.0: rcio_pwm: requested update on 2 to 50
[ 481.996450] rcio spi1.0: rcio_pwm: requested update on 0 to 490
[ 481.996592] rcio spi1.0: rcio_pwm: requested update on 0 to 490
```

About hundred of theses are logged every second and over the course of a couple hours it fills a 32 gigabyte sd card.

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue on Copter 3.7 dev and monitor /var/log/kern.log, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/messages for repeated rcio_pwm entries. Trace the source of these messages and verify that normal operation no longer fills the SD card with hundreds of entries per second.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, linux
Domain
embedded-iot, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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