netdev - Re: r8169: remove "PHY reset until link up" log spam

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Message-ID: <20130723202340.GB31567@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jul 2013 22:23:40 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Peter Wu <lekensteyn@...il.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	nic_swsd@...ltek.com
Subject: Re: r8169: remove "PHY reset until link up" log spam

Peter Wu <lekensteyn@...il.com> :
[...]
> Which user wants to get log spam every ten seconds ?

In my world users - be they big workstations or runtime pm enabled
laptops - may not even care about log [1].

> I see no purpose except when a developer asks a user to turn this on,
> or except if you are a developer.

Exactly. You'll easily guess which side I'm on with my load of problem
reports that have no simple solution and slowly ages while bugfixes
flow through -stable.

> This message was added almost ten years ago, Realtek must
> certainly have improved their hardware not to be so crappy ?

With due respect to Realtek, git log or Realtek's own Release.txt file
do not exactly paint the world as a faery of unicorns.

(Realtek is not alone: manufacturers can be quite creative)

[1] Linus is not a real user.

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Ueimor
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