Re: SK hynix BC511: warning: nvme nvme0: missing or invalid SUBNQN field.

[Keith Busch]

On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 05:10:40PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
> On a Dell OptiPlex 7780 AIO/04G47W (BIOS 1.6.3 03/08/2021) Linux 5.10.47
> shows the warning below:
> 
>     $ dmesg | grep nvme
>     [    3.015392] nvme 0000:02:00.0: platform quirk: setting simple suspend
>     [    3.021861] nvme nvme0: pci function 0000:02:00.0
>     [    3.026593] ahci 0000:00:17.0: version 3.0
>     [    3.026922] ahci 0000:00:17.0: AHCI 0001.0301 32 slots 1 ports 6 Gbps
> 0x1 impl SATA mode
>     [    3.035020] ahci 0000:00:17.0: flags: 64bit ncq sntf pm clo only pio
> slum part ems deso sadm sds apst
>     [    3.035219] nvme nvme0: missing or invalid SUBNQN field.
>     [    3.044518] scsi host0: ahci
>     [    3.051632] nvme nvme0: 12/0/0 default/read/poll queues
>     [    3.052590] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xd1339000 port
> 0xd1339100 irq 125
>     [    3.058538]  nvme0n1: p1 p2 p3
> 
> Should it be added to the quirk list in `drivers/nvme/host/pci.c` or is it a
> real issues, the manufacturer should fix? If so, do you have SK Hynix
> contacts?

It would be great if device makers would be spec compliant, but the
driver will continue to work with the device the same whether you add
the quirk or not. The quirk just suppresses the nqn check and warning.
Feel free to add it if you don't like seeing the warning message or if
the manufacturer can't resolve the compliance issue.