netdev - [PATCH net-next 5/5] bnx2x: Warn about grc timeouts in register dump

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:08:01 +0200
From:	Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>
To:	<davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<Ariel.Elior@...gic.com>, Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 5/5] bnx2x: Warn about grc timeouts in register dump

There are several scenarios where taking a register dump from a device
might log benign GRC timeout attentions to system logs.
Most common of those is when taking the dump from a 2-port device.

Sadly, there's no easy way to mask the problematic attentions during the
flow - Changing this behvaior would require a firmware update.
For now, simply warn users to ignore the warnings.

Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c
index 820b7e0..85a7800 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c
@@ -981,6 +981,11 @@ static void bnx2x_get_regs(struct net_device *dev,
 	memcpy(p, &dump_hdr, sizeof(struct dump_header));
 	p += dump_hdr.header_size + 1;
 
+	/* This isn't really an error, but since attention handling is going
+	 * to print the GRC timeouts using this macro, we use the same.
+	 */
+	BNX2X_ERR("Generating register dump. Might trigger harmless GRC timeouts\n");
+
 	/* Actually read the registers */
 	__bnx2x_get_regs(bp, p);
 
-- 
1.9.3