[PATCH net-next] ice: rephrase LLDP filter fallback message

From: Thomas Bogendoerfer

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 04:48:35 EST


Seeing an error message in a logfile triggers scripts/admins thinking of
problems. The LLDP fallback message itself is not an error, it just
indicates it's using a different filter mechanism. So rephrase to a
less "scary" message.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
index 8cdc4fda89e9..59341b5a0c05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
@@ -2097,7 +2097,7 @@ void ice_vsi_cfg_sw_lldp(struct ice_vsi *vsi, bool tx, bool create)
goto report;

dev_info(dev,
- "Failed to add generic LLDP Rx filter on VSI %i error: %d, falling back to specialized AQ control\n",
+ "Using generic LLDP Rx filter on VSI %i is not possible (%d), falling back to specialized AQ control\n",
vsi->vsi_num, status);
}

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