On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 06:48:09PM +0000, Long Li wrote: > > > @@ -563,9 +581,19 @@ static int mana_cfg_vport(struct > > > mana_port_context *apc, u32 protection_dom_id, > > > > > > apc->tx_shortform_allowed = resp.short_form_allowed; > > > apc->tx_vp_offset = resp.tx_vport_offset; > > > + > > > + netdev_info(apc->ndev, "Configured vPort %llu PD %u DB %u\n", > > > + apc->port_handle, protection_dom_id, doorbell_pg_id); > > Should this be netdev_dbg()? > > The log buffer can be flooded if there are many vPorts per VF PCI device and > > there are a lot of VFs. > > The reason netdev_info () is used is that this message is important > for troubleshooting initial setup issues with Ethernet driver. We > rely on user to get this configured right to share the same hardware > port between Ethernet and RDMA driver. As far as I know, there is no > easy way for a driver to "take over" an exclusive hardware resource > from another driver. This seems like a really strange statement. Exactly how does all of this work? Jason
