netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: update debug console logging mechanism

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Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:22:28 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Ricardo Farrington <Ricardo.Farrington@...ium.com>
Cc:     "Manlunas, Felix" <Felix.Manlunas@...ium.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Vatsavayi, Raghu" <Raghu.Vatsavayi@...ium.com>,
        "Chickles, Derek" <Derek.Chickles@...ium.com>,
        "Burla, Satananda" <Satananda.Burla@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: update debug console logging mechanism

On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 04:28:50PM +0000, Ricardo Farrington wrote:
> Hi Leon - the code to which this patch applies handles a data stream from our card's firmware to the host (over PCI).
> There are device-specific registers which are accessed to transfer log data from our firmware to the host.
> I don't think there is kernel code that we could use to perform this; this is not general purpose host driver logging.

I see, it is not really clear form the name "console".

Thanks

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