netdev - Re: [PATCH] smsc9420: SMSC LAN9420 10/100 PCI ethernet adapter

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Message-Id: <20081209.230220.94138000.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:02:20 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	steve.glendinning@...c.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, vlad.lyalikov@...c.com,
	ian.saturley@...c.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] smsc9420: SMSC LAN9420 10/100 PCI ethernet adapter

From: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...c.com>
Date: Tue,  9 Dec 2008 14:57:43 +0000

> +uint debug_mode = (DBG_MCAST | DBG_WARNING | DBG_INIT | DBG_CLOSE | DBG_LINK |
> +	DBG_PWR);
> +module_param(debug_mode, uint, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug_mode, "enables debugging messages");

We have a standard way to do this, and standard bitmask values,
and an ethtool call to set this.  Please use it.

Look at how niu_debug is used in drivers/net/niu.c, functions
like netif_msg_init(), and assosciated interfaces.

There really is no need for this home-grown stuff :-)

Otherwise this driver looks pretty good.
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