netdev - [PATCH, net] ibmvnic: fix firmware version when no firmware level has been provided by the VIOS server

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Date:   Thu,  1 Feb 2018 16:04:30 -0200
From:   Desnes Augusto Nunes do Rosario <desnesn@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH, net] ibmvnic: fix firmware version when no firmware level has been provided by the VIOS server

Older versions of VIOS servers do not send the firmware level in the VPD
buffer for the ibmvnic driver. Thus, not only the current message is mis-
leading but the firmware version in the ethtool will be NULL. Therefore,
this patch fixes the firmware string and its warning.

Fixes: 4e6759be28e4 ("ibmvnic: Feature implementation of VPD for the ibmvnic driver")

Signed-off-by: Desnes A. Nunes do Rosario <desnesn@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index b65f5f3ac034..2b3e71b63a7a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -3290,7 +3290,11 @@ static void handle_vpd_rsp(union ibmvnic_crq *crq,
 	 */
 	substr = strnstr(adapter->vpd->buff, "RM", adapter->vpd->len);
 	if (!substr) {
-		dev_info(dev, "No FW level provided by VPD\n");
+		dev_info(dev, "Warning - No FW level has been provided in the VPD buffer by the VIOS Server\n");
+		ptr = strncpy((char *)adapter->fw_version, "N/A",
+			      3 * sizeof(char));
+		if (!ptr)
+			dev_err(dev, "Failed to inform that firmware version is unavailable to the adapter\n");
 		goto complete;
 	}
 
-- 
2.14.3