Re: [PATCH] drivers/base/core.c: always output device renaming messages.

[Bjorn Helgaas]

[+cc Don, e1000-devel]

On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:58:18AM +0800, ethan.zhao wrote:
>> From: "ethan.zhao" <ethan.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> 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.

Per Don, the latest ixgbevf driver is here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/ixgbevf%20stable/

Bjorn
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