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# t2/package/*/linux/sgi-meth-silent.patch
# Copyright (C) 2024 - 2026 The T2 SDE Project
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or patched project license
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IMHO a constant high load flow of:

[ 1648.665920] TX full: stopping
[ 6412.073755] meth: error status: 0x043b0360
[ 6412.107642] meth: Rx underflow

is a bit too noisy as default for production use.

--- linux-6.6/drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/meth.c.vanilla	2024-01-06 21:03:39.406526302 +0100
+++ linux-6.6/drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/meth.c	2024-01-06 21:07:32.591552068 +0100
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
 	struct meth_private *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	printk(KERN_WARNING "meth: error status: 0x%08x\n",status);
+	DPRINTK("meth: error status: 0x%08x\n",status);
 	/* check for errors too... */
 	if (status & (METH_INT_TX_LINK_FAIL))
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "meth: link failure\n");
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
 	if (status & (METH_INT_RX_OVERFLOW))
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "meth: Rx overflow\n");
 	if (status & (METH_INT_RX_UNDERFLOW)) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "meth: Rx underflow\n");
+		DPRINTK("meth: Rx underflow\n");
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->meth_lock, flags);
 		mace->eth.int_stat = METH_INT_RX_UNDERFLOW;
 		/* more underflow interrupts will be delivered,
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t meth_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* If TX ring is full, tell the upper layer to stop sending packets */
 	if (meth_tx_full(dev)) {
-	        printk(KERN_DEBUG "TX full: stopping\n");
+	        DPRINTK("meth: TX full: stopping\n");
 		netif_stop_queue(dev);
 	}