RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next] ice: rephrase LLDP filter fallback message
From: Loktionov, Aleksandr
Date: Thu Jul 23 2026 - 05:24:28 EST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
> Of Thomas Bogendoerfer
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2026 10:45 AM
> To: Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>; Kitszel,
> Przemyslaw <przemyslaw.kitszel@xxxxxxxxx>; Andrew Lunn
> <andrew+netdev@xxxxxxx>; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric
> Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paolo
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> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next] ice: rephrase LLDP filter
> fallback message
>
> 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);
> }
>
> --
> 2.51.0
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>