On Sat, 2012-03-10 at 16:01 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Dan Carpenter noticed that ixgbevf initial default was different than > the rest. But the problem is broader than that, only one Intel driver (ixgb) > was doing it right. > > The convention for default debug level should be consistent among > Intel drivers and follow established convention. [...] > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c 2012-02-27 08:43:02.348936997 -0800 > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c 2012-03-10 15:50:57.199452804 -0800 > @@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel(R) PRO/1000 Ne > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION); > > -static int debug = NETIF_MSG_DRV | NETIF_MSG_PROBE; > +#define DEFAULT_DEBUG_LEVEL_SHIFT 3 Wonder if this should really be 2 (enable DRV and PROBE) or 3 (enable DRV, PROBE and LINK; equivalent to current behaviour)? > +static int debug = DEFAULT_DEBUG_LEVEL_SHIFT; > module_param(debug, int, 0); > MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debug level (0=none,...,16=all)"); > > @@ -979,7 +980,7 @@ static int __devinit e1000_probe(struct > adapter = netdev_priv(netdev); > adapter->netdev = netdev; > adapter->pdev = pdev; > - adapter->msg_enable = (1 << debug) - 1; > + adapter->msg_enable = netif_msg_init(debug, DEFAULT_DEBUG_LEVEL_SHIFT); [...] This works, but not the way you intended. The first parameter is supposed to be a module parameter with a default of -1. The second parameter is supposed to be the bitmask to use when that default is not overridden. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html