net/sfc: remove dedicated init log parameter

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / nics / sfc_efx.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
index 36e98d3..c0b52d3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
@@ -321,10 +321,6 @@ boolean parameters value.
   **auto** allows NIC firmware to make a choice based on
   installed licences and firmware variant configured using **sfboot**.
 
-- ``debug_init`` [bool] (default **n**)
-
-  Enable extra logging during device initialization and startup.
-
 - ``mcdi_logging`` [bool] (default **n**)
 
   Enable extra logging of the communication with the NIC's management CPU.
@@ -339,3 +335,28 @@ boolean parameters value.
   only possible to set an arbitrary value on SFN8xxx provided that
   firmware version is 6.2.1.1033 or higher, otherwise any positive
   value will select a fixed update period of **1000** milliseconds
+
+
+Dynamic Logging Parameters
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+One may leverage EAL option "--log-level" to change default levels
+for the log types supported by the driver. The option is used with
+an argument typically consisting of two parts separated by a comma.
+
+Level value is the last part which takes an integer greater than 0.
+Log type is the former part which may contain a regular expression.
+Depending on the choice of the expression, the given log level may
+be used either for some specific log type or for a subset of types.
+
+SFC EFX PMD provides the following log types available for control:
+
+- ``pmd.net.sfc.driver`` (default level is **6** - ``RTE_LOG_NOTICE``)
+
+  Affects driver-wide messages unrelated to any particular devices.
+
+- ``pmd.net.sfc.main`` (default level is **6** - ``RTE_LOG_NOTICE``)
+
+  Matches a subset of per-port log types registered during runtime.
+  A full name for a particular type may be obtained by appending a
+  dot and a PCI device identifier (``XXXX:XX:XX.X``) to the prefix.