linux-kernel - Re: stmmac: GMAC_RGSMIIIS reports bogus values

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Message-ID: <c327164e-e544-ecd8-3501-44e68942b725@synopsys.com>
Date:   Wed, 25 Jan 2017 10:47:56 -0800
From:   Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
To:     Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>,
        "peppe.cavallaro@...com" <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
CC:     "manabian@...il.com" <manabian@...il.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "fabrice.gasnier@...com" <fabrice.gasnier@...com>,
        "linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "alexandre.torgue@...il.com" <alexandre.torgue@...il.com>,
        "preid@...ctromag.com.au" <preid@...ctromag.com.au>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: stmmac: GMAC_RGSMIIIS reports bogus values

On 01/25/2017 10:39 AM, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
>> Also I wonder if, other version of the stmmac worked on this platform
>> before.
> It did work and still works. The only problem is we're getting
> a lot of noise now about bogus link status change. That's because
> this info is now in pr_info() compared to being previously in pr_debug().

While we sort out the real technical details, it is OK to go back to pr_debug
please - print_once or some such !
There is lot of useless console noise when we run any networking loads here !

echo 0 >  /proc/sys/kernel/printk

only helps in that it is not printed on console but clobbers dmesg nonetheless !

Thx,
-Vineet