netdev - Re: [PATCH v6 0/9] net: Unified offload configuration

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Message-Id: <20110218.120617.71104636.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:06:17 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/9] net: Unified offload configuration

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:29:31 +0000

> On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 15:22 +0100, Micha┅ Miros┅aw wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 02:56:11PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> [...]
>> > Please get rid of that annoying message spit out by netif_features_change(),
>> > it's just spam.  If we want notifications for stuff like this, use a
>> > non-unicast netlink message so those who want to hear it can do so.
>> 
>> You mean netdev_update_features() "Features changed" message? Is it ok
>> to just demote it to DEBUG level or you want to remove it altogether?
>> What about netdev_fix_features() messages?
> 
> I think you need to emit these messages at 'error' severity when fixing
> up features for a newly-added device, but at 'debug' later on.

I get one several minutes after every boot for a completely
unregistered device for some reason:

[119704.730965] (unregistered net_device): Features changed: 0x00011065 -> 0x00015065
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