netdev - Re: [PATCH iwl-next v2] ice: Print NIC FW version during init

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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 08:40:30 +0100
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: "Bahadur, Sachin" <sachin.bahadur@...el.com>,
	"intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-next v2] ice: Print NIC FW version during init

Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 07:13:11PM CET, andrew@...n.ch wrote:
>> Yes, this info is available via the "devlink dev info" command. 
>> Adding this info in dmesg ensures the version information is
>> available when someone is looking at the dmesg log to debug an issue. 
> 
>Ideally you would train your users to use devlink info, since you get
>more useful information, and it should work for any vendors NIC, not
>just Intel which is spamming the log with firmware versions.

+1

>
>  Andrew
>
>