Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] hinic: add some ethtool ops support

[David Miller]

From: Luo bin <luobin9@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:52:37 +0800

> patch #1: support to set and get pause params with
>           "ethtool -A/a" cmd
> patch #2: support to set and get irq coalesce params with
>           "ethtool -C/c" cmd
> patch #3: support to do self test with "ethtool -t" cmd
> patch #4: support to identify physical device with "ethtool -p" cmd
> patch #5: support to get eeprom information with "ethtool -m" cmd

In general,  I want you to decrease the amount of log messages.

You should only use them when the device or the kernel does something
unexpected which should be notifier to the user.

Kernel log messages are not for informating the user of limitations
of what they can perform with "ethtool".

For example, when setting pause paramenters, you complain in the logs
if the autonet setting is different.

This is completely inappropriate.

Then in patch #2 you have these crazy macros that print out state
changes with netdev_info().  That is also inappropriate.  The user
gets a success status, and they can query the settings later if
they like as well.

Please stop abusing kernel log messaging, it isn't a framework for
giving more detailed ethtool command result statuses.

Thank you.