Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] net/sfc: implement dynamic logging

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

On 1/25/2018 5:00 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> Unfortunately we're a bit late with dynamic logging implementation.
> So, it can wait for 18.05 release cycle if required.
> 
> The series adds EXPERIMENTAL EAL feature which removes dependency
> on EAL arguments processing and log types registration. It stores
> EAL loglevel arguments in the list and adds API function to register
> a new log type and pick up its value from EAL arguments.
> 
> For us it is important since we would like to be able to control
> per-device log level, e.g. pmd.net.sfc.main.0000:01:00.0.

It is good idea to have device level granularity in logging,
I believe other devices also would like have this, if only there would be an
easy way to apply this capability to all PMDs.

> 
> The series already follows log type names format defined recently.
> 
> Ivan Malov (6):
>   eal: register log type and pick level from EAL args
>   net/sfc: add support for driver-wide dynamic logging
>   net/sfc: add support for per-port dynamic logging
>   net/sfc: prepare to merge init logs with main log type
>   net/sfc: remove dedicated init log parameter
>   net/sfc: add dynamic log level for MCDI messages

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