Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752172Ab3JLHEB (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Oct 2013 03:04:01 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f179.google.com ([209.85.212.179]:52623 "EHLO mail-wi0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750715Ab3JLHEA (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Oct 2013 03:04:00 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1381460298-1097-1-git-send-email-ethan.kernel@gmail.com> <20131011153544.GA14715@kroah.com> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 15:03:59 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/base/core.c: always output device renaming messages. From: Ethan Zhao To: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: Greg KH , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Don Skidmore , "e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1662 Lines: 40 On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 12:08 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > [+cc Don, e1000-devel] > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Greg KH wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:58:18AM +0800, ethan.zhao wrote: >>> From: "ethan.zhao" >>> >>> While loading ixgbevf driver,every vf detected will be output as the >>> same name 'eth4': >>> >>> ixgbevf: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Virtual Function Network Driver - >>> version 2.8.7 >>> Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Intel Corporation. >>> ixgbevf 0000:20:10.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) >>> ixgbe 0000:20:00.0 eth0: VF Reset msg received from vf 0 >>> ixgbevf 0000:20:10.0: irq 199 for MSI/MSI-X >>> ixgbevf 0000:20:10.0: irq 200 for MSI/MSI-X >>> ixgbevf: eth%d: ixgbevf_init_interrupt_scheme: Multiqueue Disabled: Rx Queue >>> count = 1, Tx Queue count = 1 >> >> What is that message? That's not good, "eth%d"? > > Just a reminder that ixgbevf 2.8.7 is not the driver version that's in > the kernel tree, so it's easy to spend time on mainline issue that > have been fixed in the out-of-tree versions, or vice versa. > Thanks, Yes, the driver version of ixgbevf in mainline is far later from the ones in sourceforge. the "eth%d" issue maybe was fixed in recent 2.11.3 . > Per Don, the latest ixgbevf driver is here: > https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/ixgbevf%20stable/ > > Bjorn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/