Re: [PATCH 4/4] qla2xxx: Handle incorrect entry_type entries
From: Martin Wilck
Date: Thu Aug 27 2020 - 08:49:36 EST
On Thu, 2020-08-27 at 13:46 +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 12:17:13PM +0200, Martin Wilck wrote:
> > Should we perhaps log an error message when we detect a mismatch
> > between sp->type and entry_type?
>
> Sure can do, but does it really help? Not much we can do in the
> driver. I hope the firmware gets fixed eventually. I am not against
> it,
> just not sure if the log entry really is helping except saying 'you
> are
> using a firmware with a known issue'.
>
... which might provide insightful, to users as well as perhaps
developers (by observing under which conditions this problem occurs).
I'd hope so, at least. But you know this issue much better than me.
Regards,
Martin