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

[Ethan Zhao]

On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 12:08 AM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [+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.
>
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
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