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

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Message-ID: <20101118221713.GB14333@linux-ox1b.qlogic.org>
Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:17:14 -0800
From:	Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
To:	Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@...ibm.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>,
	Linux Driver <Linux-Driver@...gic.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"sonnyrao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <sonnyrao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] qlge: Fix incorrect usage of module parameters and
	netdev msg level

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 01:50:02PM -0800, Sonny Rao wrote:
> 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>

Milton/Sonny,
Did you happen to test this to see if the log output was the same? 
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