[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] net/e1000: use dynamic log type for tx/rx debug

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 9/30/2019 4:50 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:28:38 +0800
> Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye at intel.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 08/27, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>>> On 7/16/2019 4:40 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:  
>>>> The generic RTE_LOGTYPE_PMD is a historical relic and should
>>>> not be used. Every driver should register the logtypes
>>>> for itself.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>  
>>>
>>> <...>
>>>  
>>>> +#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_E1000_DEBUG_RX
>>>> +	e1000_logtype_rx = rte_log_register("pmd.net.e1000.rx");
>>>> +	if (e1000_logtype_rx >= 0)
>>>> +		rte_log_set_level(e1000_logtype_rx, RTE_LOG_NOTICE);  
>>>
>>> What do you think setting default level for data path log level to
>>> 'RTE_LOG_DEBUG' since they are already controlled by a config option, and to
>>> keep the behavior consistent with previous usage, because almost all macros are
>>> called with DEBUG level. Same for all drivers in this patchset.  
>>
>> +1
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Xiaolong
> 
> Or drop DEBUG_RX and DEBUG_TX  completely since they are not useful anymore.
> The code works, and distributions can not enable this.
> 

Distributions can't enable this, but still can be useful for the debug. I am
planning to update the default log level to DEBUG and merge it, any objection?