[PATCH v3 01/14] net/sxe: add base driver directory and doc

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Mon Jul 7 17:00:21 CEST 2025


On Mon,  7 Jul 2025 07:58:06 -0400
Jie Liu <liujie5 at linkdatatechnology.com> wrote:

> +Dynamic Logging Parameters
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +One may leverage EAL option "--log-level" to change default levels
> +for the log types supported by the driver. The option is used with
> +an argument typically consisting of two parts separated by a colon.
> +
> +SXE PMD provides the following log types available for control:
> +
> +- ``pmd.net.sxe.drv`` (default level is **DEBUG**)
> +
> +  Affects driver-wide messages unrelated to any particular devices.
> +
> +- ``pmd.net.sxe.init`` (default level is **DEBUG**)
> +
> +  Extra logging of the messages during PMD initialization.
> +
> +- ``pmd.net.sxe.rx`` (default level is **DEBUG**)
> +
> +  Affects rx-wide messages.
> +- ``pmd.net.sxe.tx`` (default level is **DEBUG**)
> +
> +  Affects tx-wide messages.
> +
> +------------------------------

Other drivers default to INFO or NOTICE level.
Having a default of DEBUG implies the driver is not tested enough.


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