Re: [PATCH] net/i40e: reduce debug messages

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 09:13:35AM +0100, Loftus, Ciara wrote:
> > Subject: [PATCH] net/i40e: reduce debug messages
> > 
> > The driver logs normal things like choice of AVX at NOTICE level.
> > This shows up as unnecessary noise to regular users.
> > 
> > Bugzilla ID: 1936
> > Fixes: 3f24891594c1 ("net/i40e: use common Rx path selection
> > infrastructure")
> > Fixes: 8d57c1788806 ("net/i40e: use common Tx path selection
> > infrastructure")
> > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com>
> 

As with the other patchset changing the log level of these messages, I'm
not convinced they are bugs as-such. However, since we have a bugzilla I'm
keeping the fixes-lines. Dropping the cc to stable, though, as we don't
need this backported.

Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel,
Thanks,
/Bruce

> > ---
> >  drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
> > b/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
> > index c5ac75e0f0..d00548ac89 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
> > @@ -3042,7 +3042,7 @@ i40e_set_rx_function(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
> > 
> >  out:
> >  	dev->rx_pkt_burst = i40e_rx_path_infos[ad->rx_func_type].pkt_burst;
> > -	PMD_DRV_LOG(NOTICE, "Using %s (port %d).",
> > +	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Using %s (port %d).",
> >  			i40e_rx_path_infos[ad->rx_func_type].info, dev-
> > >data->port_id);
> >  }
> > 
> > @@ -3124,7 +3124,7 @@ i40e_set_tx_function(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
> >  					 i40e_tx_path_infos[ad-
> > >tx_func_type].pkt_burst;
> >  	dev->tx_pkt_prepare = i40e_tx_path_infos[ad-
> > >tx_func_type].pkt_prep;
> > 
> > -	PMD_DRV_LOG(NOTICE, "Using %s (port %d).",
> > +	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Using %s (port %d).",
> >  		i40e_tx_path_infos[ad->tx_func_type].info, dev->data-
> > >port_id);
> > 
> >  	if (ad->tx_func_type == I40E_TX_SCALAR_SIMPLE ||
> > --
> > 2.53.0
>