From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758605Ab3JKQMN (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:12:13 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:43921 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758330Ab3JKQML (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:12:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:12:10 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: "ethan.zhao" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Don Skidmore , "e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/base/core.c: always output device renaming messages. Message-ID: <20131011161210.GB32305@kroah.com> References: <1381460298-1097-1-git-send-email-ethan.kernel@gmail.com> <20131011153544.GA14715@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:08:09AM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > [+cc Don, e1000-devel] > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:58:18AM +0800, ethan.zhao wrote: > >> From: "ethan.zhao" > >> > >> While loading ixgbevf driver,every vf detected will be output as the > >> same name 'eth4': > >> > >> ixgbevf: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Virtual Function Network Driver - > >> version 2.8.7 > >> Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Intel Corporation. > >> ixgbevf 0000:20:10.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) > >> ixgbe 0000:20:00.0 eth0: VF Reset msg received from vf 0 > >> ixgbevf 0000:20:10.0: irq 199 for MSI/MSI-X > >> ixgbevf 0000:20:10.0: irq 200 for MSI/MSI-X > >> ixgbevf: eth%d: ixgbevf_init_interrupt_scheme: Multiqueue Disabled: Rx Queue > >> count = 1, Tx Queue count = 1 > > > > What is that message? That's not good, "eth%d"? > > Just a reminder that ixgbevf 2.8.7 is not the driver version that's in > the kernel tree, so it's easy to spend time on mainline issue that > have been fixed in the out-of-tree versions, or vice versa. > > Per Don, the latest ixgbevf driver is here: > https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/ixgbevf%20stable/ I hate to ask why isn't this merged upstream, but given that this is an Intel network driver, I know the answer :( Thanks for pointing this out, saved me a trip through the kernel tree... greg k-h > > Bjorn