netdev - [PATCH] qlge: Fix incorrect usage of module parameters and netdev msg level

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Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:50:02 -0600
From:	Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@...ibm.com>
To:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>,
	Linux Driver <Linux-Driver@...gic.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>, sonnyrao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH] qlge: Fix incorrect usage of module parameters and netdev
 msg level

Driver appears to be mistaking the permission field with default value
in the case of debug and qlge_irq_type.

Driver is also passing debug as a bitmask into netif_msg_init()
which wants a number of bits.  Ron Mercer suggests we should
change this to pass in -1 so the defaults get used instead,
which makes the default much less verbose.

Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>
Signed-off-by: Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

v2: Changed debug to be -1 and updated changelog

 drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
index d9a7626..66878bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@ static const u32 default_msg =
 /* NETIF_MSG_PKTDATA | */
     NETIF_MSG_HW | NETIF_MSG_WOL | 0;
 
-static int debug = 0x00007fff;	/* defaults above */
-module_param(debug, int, 0);
+static int debug = -1;	/* defaults above */
+module_param(debug, int, 0664);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debug level (0=none,...,16=all)");
 
 #define MSIX_IRQ 0
 #define MSI_IRQ 1
 #define LEG_IRQ 2
 static int qlge_irq_type = MSIX_IRQ;
-module_param(qlge_irq_type, int, MSIX_IRQ);
+module_param(qlge_irq_type, int, 0664);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(qlge_irq_type, "0 = MSI-X, 1 = MSI, 2 = Legacy.");
 
 static int qlge_mpi_coredump;
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